A hospital-based study of the clinical characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 924-928

  Crews, Jonathan D ^a   Koo, Hoonmo L ^a,b,c   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a   Du Pont, Herbert L ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHI ST LUKE S HEALTH BAYLOR ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH TUBE; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926023640     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000338     Document Type: Article

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