Toxigenic Clostridium difficile colonization in children

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-378

  Armin, Shahnaz ^a   Babaie, Delara ^a,b   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Fallah, Fatemeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colonization; Pediatrics; Toxigenic Clostridium

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TOXIN; TOXIN A; TOXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 70350754667     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2009-0206     Document Type: Article

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