Assessment of reporting bias for Clostridium difficile hospitalizations, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1334-

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749107176     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.080446     Document Type: Letter

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