Severe clinical outcome is uncommon in Clostridium difficile infection in children: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schwartz, Kevin L ^a   Darwish, Ilyse ^b   Richardson, Susan E ^a   Mulvey, Michael R ^c   Thampi, Nisha ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Clostridium difficile; North American pulsed field type; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893199585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-28     Document Type: Article

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