A comprehensive surveillance, control and management programme for Clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-93

  Guzman A ^a   del Mar Portillo, M ^a   Lopez Cerero L ^a   Garcia Ortega L ^a   Lupion C ^a   Gonzalez C ^a   Galvez J ^a   Muniain, M A ^a   Dolores del Toro, M ^a   Dominguez A ^a   Pascual, A ^a   Rodriguez Bano J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES CULTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 71949114793     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.07.008     Document Type: Letter

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