Risk factors for recurrence of clostridium difficile infection: Effect of vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 859-864

  Choi, Hee Kyoung ^a   Kim, Kye Hyung ^a   Lee, Sun Hee ^a   Lee, Su Jin ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Recurrence; Risk factors; VRE

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 79960146635     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.7.859     Document Type: Article

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