Clostridium difficile is emerging in Romania: A story of 027 ribotype and excessive antibiotic consumption

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-343

  Popescu, Gabriel Adrian ^a,b   Florea, Dragos ^a,b   Rafila, Alexandru ^a,b  

^a Matei Bals National Institute of Infectious Diseases   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84906854641     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1543/jgld.2014.1121     Document Type: Letter

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