Predictors of Clostridium difficile infections in hospitalized children

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-98

  Samady, Waheeda ^a,b   Bush, Ruth ^c   Pong, Alice ^c,d   Andrews, Allyson ^c   Fisher, Erin Stucky ^d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e Children's Specialists of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WATERY DIARRHEA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893721752     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2135     Document Type: Article

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