Increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated disease, Singapore

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1487-1489

  Lim, Poh Lian ^a   Barkham, Timothy M S ^a   Ling, Li Min ^a   Dimatatac, Frederico ^a   Alfred, Tamuno ^b   Ang, Brenda ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SINGAPORE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849117841     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070043     Document Type: Letter

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