Clostridium difficile infection in the hospitalized pediatric population increasing trend in disease incidence

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1138-1140

  Deshpande, Abhishek ^a   Pant, Chaitanya ^b   Anderson, Michael P ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^c   Sferra, Thomas J ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891835924     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182948518     Document Type: Article

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