Increase in clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among infants in the United States, 2000-2005

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1111-1113

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a,b   Shorr, Andrew F ^c   Kollef, Marin H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile associated disease; hospital; pediatric; population epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; STATISTICS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149375208     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817eef13     Document Type: Article

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