Clostridium difficile infection in a department of veterans affairs long-term care facility

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-515

  Guerrero, Dubert M ^a   Nerandzic, Michelle M ^b   Jury, Lucy A ^b   Chang, Shelley ^b   Jump, Robin L ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955499170     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659765     Document Type: Article

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