Colonization with toxinogenic C. difficile upon hospital admission, and risk of infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-390

  Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M ^a   Zervou, Fainareti N ^a   Pliakos, Elina Eleftheria ^a   Ziakas, Panayiotis D ^a   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924492144     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.22     Document Type: Review

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