Australasian society for infectious diseases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of clostridium difficile infection

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 353-358

  Chenga, Allen C ^a,b   Ferguson, John K ^c,d   Richards, Michael J ^e,f   Robson, Jennifer M ^g   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^h   McGregor, Alistair ^i,j   Roberts, Sally ^j   Korman, Tony M ^k   Riley, Thomas V ^l,m  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^h Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research NSW Health Pathology   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j Clinical Microbiology Laboratory   (Australia)

^k MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^m PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; FUSIDIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAXIMIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOLEVAMER; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 79955511220     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03006.x     Document Type: Article

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