Prevalence and diversity of Clostridium difficile strains in infants

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1112-1118

  Rousseau, Clotilde ^a,b   Lemée, Ludovic ^c,d   le Monnier, Alban ^a,e   Poilane, Isabelle ^b   Pons, Jean Louis ^c,d   Collignon, Anne ^a,b  

^a University Paris Sud   (France)

^b HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79960383930     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.029736-0     Document Type: Article

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