Reduction in Clostridium difficile infections in Finland, 2008-2010

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Kanerva, M ^a,b   Mentula, S ^a   Virolainen Julkunen, A ^a   Karki T ^a   Mottonen T ^a   Lyytikainen O ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile associated infection; Nosocomial infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RIBOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873100188     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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