Clostridium difficile infections in outpatient dialysis cohort

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Sheth, Heena ^a,c   Bernardini, Judith ^a   Burr, Renee ^a   Lee, Sophie ^a   Miller, Rachel G ^b   Shields, Michele ^a   Vergis, Emanuel N ^a   Piraino, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72449124329     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648448     Document Type: Article

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