The rise of Clostridium difficile infection in lung transplant recipients in the modern era

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-310

  Lee, Janet T ^a   Hertz, Marshall I ^a   Dunitz, Jordan M ^a   Kelly, Rosemary F ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a,b   Whitson, Bryan A ^a,c   Shumway, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Infection; Lung transplantation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876070817     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12064     Document Type: Article

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