The emergence of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary hospital in Singapore: A cause for concern

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-51

  Tan, X Q ^a   Verrall, A J ^a   Jureen, R ^a   Riley, T V ^b   Collins, D A ^b   Lin, R T ^a   Balm, M N ^a   Chan, D ^a   Tambyah, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Infection control; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIBOTYPING; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; INFECTION CONTROL; RIBOTYPING;

ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIBOTYPING; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84890796534     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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