Risk factors for clostridium difficile acquisition in infants: Importance of study design

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1680-1681

  Stoesser, Nicole E ^a,b   Martin, Jessica ^c   Mawer, Damian ^c   Eyre, David W ^a,b   Walker, A Sarah ^a,b   Peto, Timothy E A ^a,b   Crook, Derrick W ^a,b   Wilcox, Mark H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Biomedical Research Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARRIER STATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84877287778     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit089     Document Type: Letter

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