Clostridium difficile infection in a health care worker

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1329-

  Hell, Markus ^a,c   Indra, Alexander ^b   Huhulescu, Steliana ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^b  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGY WARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FECES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549132867     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597823     Document Type: Letter

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