Absence of Clostridium difficile in asymptomatic hospital staff

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1023-1024

  Hell, Markus ^a   Sickau, Kathrin ^a   Chmelizek, Gregor ^a,b   Kern, Jan Marco ^b   Maass, Matthias ^b   Huhulescu, Steliana ^c   Allerberger, Franz ^b,c  

^a University of Salzburg   (Australia)

^b University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUSTRIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870456587     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.018     Document Type: Letter

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