Clostridium difficile infection in Italian urban hospitals: Data from 2006 through 2011

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Di Bella, Stefano ^a   Musso, Maria ^a   Cataldo, Maria A ^a   Meledandri, Marcello ^b   Bordi, Eugenio ^a   Capozzi, Daniela ^c   Cava, Maria C ^d   Chiaradonna, Patrizia ^e   Prignano, Grazia ^f   Petrosillo, Nicola ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Nephrology GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

^d SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Epidemiology; Europe; Hospitals; Incidence; Italy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; URBAN AREA; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875153670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-146     Document Type: Article

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