Incidence and risk factors for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection among inpatients in an orthopaedic tertiary care hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-149

  Campbell, K A ^a   Phillips, M S ^b   Stachel, A ^c   Bosco, J A ^a   Mehta, S A ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infection; Hospital acquired diarrhoea; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873093531     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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