Asymptomatic colonization by Clostridium difficile in older adults admitted to a geriatric unit: A prospective cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2179-2181

  Schoevaerdts, Didier ^a   Verroken, Alexia ^b   Huang, Te Din ^b   Swine, Christian ^a   Glupczynski, Youri ^b  

^a Geriatric Ward   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81755186878     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03685.x     Document Type: Letter

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