Clostridium difficile O27 colitis: Hospital-onset but community-acquired

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2263-2267

  Buffet Bataillon, S ^a,d   Cormier, M ^a,c,c   Tattevin, P ^a   Senechal H ^b   Vincent, P ^a,c  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hotel Dieu CHU Rennes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TOXIC MEGACOLON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866421064     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1565-2     Document Type: Article

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