Nosocomial outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in a pediatric intensive care unit in Madrid

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-201

  Bustinza, Amaya ^a   Solana, Maria José ^a   Padilla, Belén ^a   López Herce, Jesús ^a   Santiago, Maria José ^a   Marin, Mercedes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SPAIN;

EID: 58849108175     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593958     Document Type: Article

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