Clostridium difficile in a children's hospital: Assessment of environmental contamination

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 802-804

  Warrack, Simone ^a   Duster, Megan ^a   Van Hoof, Sarah ^b   Schmitz, Michelle ^b   Safdar, Nasia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Environmental contamination; Pediatric; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOLOGY WARD; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84903313280     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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