Clostridium difficile infection in the "oldest" old: Clinical outcomes in patients aged 80 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-662

  Cober, Eric D ^b   Malani, Preeti N ^a,b,c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clostridium difficile; Metronidazole; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 63849137196     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02182.x     Document Type: Article

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