Presence of the Epidemic North American Pulsed Field Type 1 Clostridium Difficile Strain in Hospitalized Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-608

  Toltzis, Philip ^a   Kim, Jason ^b   Dul, Michael ^a   Zoltanski, Joan ^a   Smathers, Sarah ^b   Zaoutis, Theoklis ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICAN PULSED FIELD TYPE 1; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; OHIO; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-8A;

EID: 62749120128     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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