Clostridium difficile is not associated with outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in the elderly in the Netherlands

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 677-682

  Svraka, S ^a   Kuijper, E ^b   Duizer, E ^a   Bakker, D ^b   Koopmans, M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952878150     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0913-3     Document Type: Article

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