The emerging infectious challenge of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Massachusetts hospitals: Clinical and economic consequences

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1219-1227

  O'Brien, Judith A ^a   Lahue, Betsy J ^b   Caro, J Jaime ^a,c   Davidson, David M ^b  

^a CARO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35348962496     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522676     Document Type: Article

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