Clostridium difficile infections at Landspítali - 1998-2008;Clostridium difficile sýkingar á Landspítala 1998-2008

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Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Kvaran, Rúnar Bragi ^a   Valsdóttir, Elsa Björk ^a,b   Sigurd́sson, Helgi Kjartan ^b   Gottfred́sson, Magnús ^a,c  

^a Læknadeild HÍ   (Iceland)

^b Skurd deild   (Iceland)

^c Landspítala   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Epidemiology; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; METRONIDAZOLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956752893     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17992/lbl.2010.09.312     Document Type: Review

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