Assessing colectomies due to Clostridium difficile infection: Increases in the community, but not in the referral center

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 778-780

  McMullen, Kathleen M ^a   Mayfield, Jennie L ^a   Abdul Hakim, Angela ^b   Warren, David K ^c   Dubberke, Erik R ^c  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Hospital; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MISSOURI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867045759     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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