Epidemiology of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection in a community in the South of England

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-123

  Fellmeth, Gracia ^a   Yarlagadda, Sucharita ^a   Iyer, Shabnam ^b  

^a Public Health Directorate   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; Community onset; Diarrhea; England

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ONSET CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPRING; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENGLAND; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957020092     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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