Excess mortality following community-onset norovirus enteritis in the elderly

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Gustavsson, L ^a   Andersson, L M ^a   Lindh, M ^a   Westin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community onset; Elderly; Length of stay; Mortality; Norovirus; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS ENTERITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051471104     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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