Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-390

  Miller, Becky A ^a   Chen, Luke F ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952585695     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659156     Document Type: Article

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