Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Spain;Epidemiología de la infección por Clostridium difficile en España

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 333-337

  Asensio, Angel ^a   Monge, Diana ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo de la Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SPAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84862879749     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.010     Document Type: Review

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