Clostridium difficile-associated disease acquired in the neurocritical care unit

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Musa, S A ^a   Robertshaw, H ^a   Thomson, S J ^a   Cowan, M L ^a   Rahman, T M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Clostridium difficile associated disease; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Nervous system disorders; Neurosurgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LACTULOSE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SENNA EXTRACT; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955671982     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9374-x     Document Type: Article

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