Association of relapse of Clostridium difficile disease with BI/NAP1/027

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4078-4082

  Marsh, Jane W ^a   Arora, Rangolee ^b   Schlackman, Jessica L ^a   Shutt, Kathleen A ^a   Curry, Scott R ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Westmoreland Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84869222966     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02291-12     Document Type: Article

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