Predictors of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization on hospital admission

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 248-253

  Kong, Ling Yuan ^a   Dendukuri, Nandini ^a   Schiller, Ian ^a   Bourgault, Anne Marie ^a,b   Brassard, Paul ^a   Poirier, Louise ^b   Lamothe, François ^c   Béliveau, Claire ^b   Michaud, Sophie ^d   Turgeon, Nathalie ^e   Toye, Baldwin ^f   Frost, Eric H ^d   Gilca, Rodica ^g,h   Dascal, Andre ⁱ   Loo, Vivian G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colonization; Predictors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTAL SWAB; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SMEAR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923538579     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.024     Document Type: Article

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