Clostridium difficile as a cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea among children in Auckland, New Zealand: clinical and molecular epidemiology

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1741-1747

  Sathyendran, V ^a   McAuliffe, G N ^b   Swager, T ^a   Freeman, J T ^a   Taylor, S L ^b   Roberts, S A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84911002232     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2139-2     Document Type: Article

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