Increase in use of vancomycin for Clostridium difficile infection in us hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 867-868

  Pakyz, Amy L ^a   Carroll, Norman V ^a   Harpe, Spencer E ^a   Oinonen, Michael ^b   Polk, Ronald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955914569     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655442     Document Type: Article

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