Clostridium difficile infection in children hospitalized due to diarrhea

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-209

  Duleba K ^a   Pawlowska M ^a   Wietlicka Piszcz, M ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAXIMIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YERSINIA INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84893977088     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1946-1     Document Type: Article

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