A cluster of fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis in an intensive care unit in Italy

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 585-589

  Guastalegname, M ^a   Grieco, S ^b   Giuliano, S ^a   Falcone, M ^a   Caccese, R ^c   Carfagna, P ^c   D'ambrosio, M ^c   Taliani, G ^b   Venditti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Epidemic; Fulminant colitis; Intensive care unit; Ribotype 027; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CECOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RIBOTYPING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RIBOTYPING; ROME; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84901673212     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0597-1     Document Type: Article

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