Risk factors for Clostridium difficile infections in hospitalized patients;Factores de riesgo de infección por Clostridium difficile en pacientes hospitalizados

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 575-580

  Monge, Diana ^a   Morosini, Marisa ^b   Millán, Isabel ^a   Pérez Canosa, Carmen ^a   Manso, Marta ^a   Guzman, María Fernanda ^a   Asensio, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Clostridium difficile infection; Nosocomial diarrhea; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80455155100     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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