Low colonization rates of Clostridium difficile among patients and healthcare workers at Örebro University Hospital in Sweden

APMIS

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 240-244

  Säll, Olof ^a   Johansson, Karin ^a   Norén, Torbjörn ^a  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Clostridium difficile infection; Colonization; Healthcare worker; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84923481212     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12353     Document Type: Article

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