Is it Clostridium difficile infection or something else? A case-control study of 352 hospitalized patients with new-onset diarrhea

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 782-786

  Manian, Farrin A ^a   Aradhyula, Sangita ^a   Greisnauer, Sandy ^a   Senkel, Diane ^a   Setzer, Janice ^a   Wiechens, Michele ^a   Meyer, P Lynn ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Hospital; Patients

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WARD;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OFLOXACIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548442018     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318063e9c5     Document Type: Article

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