Hospital roommates and development of health care-onset Clostridium difficile infection

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1109-1111

  Echaiz, Jose F ^a   Veras, Laura ^a   Zervos, Marcus ^a   Dubberke, Erik ^b   Johnson, Laura ^a  

^a Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Contact isolation; Hospital acquired; Roommates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL ROOMMATE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

BED OCCUPANCY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908217630     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.023     Document Type: Article

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