Diarrhoea in general practice: When should a Clostridium difficile infection be considered? Results of a nested case-control study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages O1067-O1074

  Hensgens, M P M ^a   Dekkers, O M ^a   Demeulemeester, A ^b   Buiting, A G M ^c   Bloembergen, P ^d   van Benthem, B H B ^e   Le Cessie, S ^a   Kuijper, E J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Huisartsen Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; Community; General practitioner; Testing

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SALMONELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920275622     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12758     Document Type: Article

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