Improving surveillance for pediatric Clostridium difficile infection: Derivation and validation of an accurate case-finding tool

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Shaklee, Julia ^a   Zerr, Danielle M ^b   Elward, Alexis ^c   Newland, Jason ^d   Leckerman, Kateri ^a   Asti, Lindsey ^a   Guth, Rebecca ^c   Bass, Julie ^d   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^d   Coffin, Susan ^e   Zaoutis, Theoklis ^a,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; epidemiology; pediatric infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951673831     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182027c22     Document Type: Article

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