Rates of Clostridium difficile infection in patients discharged from Spanish hospitals, 1997-2005

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 887-889

  Soler Crespo, Pilar ^a,b   Nogareda, Francisco ^a   Cano, Rosa ^a  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 51849116501     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590392     Document Type: Article

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