Regarding "clostridium difficile ribotype does not predict severe infection"

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1845-1846

  Walker, A Sarah ^a,b,c   Eyre, David W ^b,c   Crook, Derrick W ^b,c   Wilcox, Mark H ^d   Peto, Tim E A ^b,c  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84878317092     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit098     Document Type: Letter

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