Extraintestinal clostridium difficile infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mattila, Eero ^a   Arkkila, Perttu ^a   Mattila, Petri S ^a   Tarkka, Eveliina ^a   Tissari, Päivi ^a   Anttila, Veli Jukka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

abscess; bacteremia; Clostridium difficile; postoperative complications; wound infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAINTESTINAL CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIANAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY CATHETER; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84883236429     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit392     Document Type: Article

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