Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a Peruvian tertiary care hospital

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 802-805

  Garcia, Coralith ^a,b   Samalvides, Frine ^b   Vidal, Margot ^b   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b   Dupont, Herbert L ^c  

^a Universidad Peruana Cayerano Heredia ^*  (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERU; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAPER; FECES; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAPERS, ADULT; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERU; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42949099550     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.802     Document Type: Article

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