Epidemiological Patterns and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Increased Incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Quebec, Canada, 1998-2006

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 939-947

  Gilca, Rodica ^a,b   Hubert, Bruno ^d   Fortin, Elise ^a   Gaulin, Colette ^c   Dionne, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ministere de la Sante et des Services Sociaux   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955733373     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655463     Document Type: Article

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