Surgical-site infection with toxin A-nonproducing and toxin B-producing Clostridium difficile

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Kikkawa, Hiromi ^a   Miyamoto, Kazunori ^a   Takiguchi, Noriaki ^a   Kondo, Tsukasa ^a   Hitomi, Shigemi ^b  

^a Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Surgical site infection; Toxin B

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM STAINING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE CERVIX; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 39749115564     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0568-x     Document Type: Article

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