A nosocomial outbreak of norovirus infection masquerading as clostridium difficile infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Koo, Hoonmo L ^a,b   Ajaini, Nadim J ^a,b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Dupont, Herbert L ^a,b,c,d   Atmar, Robert L ^a   Lewis, Debra ^e   Byers, Patricia ^e   Abraham, Paula ^e   Quijano, Ricardo A ^f   Musher, Daniel M ^a,e   Young, Edward J ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Houston Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 63649102616     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597299     Document Type: Article

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