Outcome of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in solid organ transplant recipients: A prospective and multicentre cohort study

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1275-1281

  Len, Oscar ^a   Rodríguez Pardo, Dolores ^a   Gavaldã, Joan ^a   Aguado, José María ^b   Blanes, Marino ^c   Borrell, Nuria ^d   Bou, Germán ^e   Carratalã, Jordi ^f   Cisneros, José Miguel ^g   Fortún, Jesús ^h   Gurguí, Mercé ⁱ   Montejo, Miguel ^j   Cervera, Carlos ^k   Muñoz, Patricia ^l   Asensio, Angel ^m   Torre Cisneros, Julián ⁿ   Pahissa, Albert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; diarrhea; epidemiology; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 84869096847     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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