Clostridium difficile carriage in healthy infants in the community: A potential reservoir for pathogenic strains

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1209-1215

  Rousseau, Clotilde ^a,b   Poilane, Isabelle ^b   De Pontual, Loic ^b   Maherault, Anne Claire ^c   Le Monnier, Alban ^a   Collignon, Anne ^a,b  

^a University Paris Sud   (France)

^b HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 84867520688     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis637     Document Type: Article

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