Clostridium difficile at a community hospital in the Bronx, New York: Incidence prevalence and risk factors from 2006 to 2008

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-187

  Bengualid, Victoria ^a   Umesh, K C ^a   Alapati, Jayasri ^a   Berger, Judith ^a  

^a ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; prevalence; transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953653087     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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