Clostridium difficile infections in veterans health administration acute care facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1037-1042

  Evans, Martin E ^a,b,c   Simbartl, Loretta A ^d   Kralovic, Stephen M ^a,d,f   Jain, Rajiv ^e   Roselle, Gary A ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Ohio   (United States)

^e Veterans Affairs Central Office   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904401537     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677151     Document Type: Article

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