Temporal changes in serum albumin and total protein in patients with hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Kumarappa, V Sumana ^a   Patel, Hiren ^a   Shah, Anish ^a,b   Baddoura, Walid ^a,b   DeBari, Vincent A ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Clostridium difficile; Hospital epidemiology; Serum albumin; Total protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BLOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897953126     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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