The emergence of Clostridium difficile infection among peripartum women: A case-control study of a C. difficile outbreak on an obstetrical service

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Unger, Jennifer A ^a   Whimbey, Estella ^b   Gravett, Michael G ^a   Eschenbach, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK FACTOR; TOXIC MEGACOLON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052646874     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/267249     Document Type: Article

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