The burden of Clostridium difficile-associated disease following digestive tract surgery in Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Yasunaga, H ^a   Horiguchi, H ^a   Hashimoto, H ^b   Matsuda, S ^c   Fushimi, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile associated disease; Costs; Digestive tract surgery; In hospital mortality; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867739024     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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