Clinical features of Clostridium difficile infection and molecular characterization of the isolated strains in a cohort of Danish hospitalized patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Soes L M ^a   Brock, I ^a   Persson, S ^a   Simonsen, J ^a   Pribil Olsen, K E ^a   Kemp, M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857061448     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1292-0     Document Type: Article

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