Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients with diarrhea: Results of a French prospective multicenter bi-annual point prevalence study;Prévalence des infections à Clostridium difficile chez les patients hospitalisés avec une diarrhée: Résultats d'une étude française prospective multicentrique

Presse Medicale

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e75-e83

  Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Ramé, Laetitia ^a   Petit, Amandine ^b,c   Suzon, Laina ^b,c   de Chevigny, Alix ^a   Eckert, Catherine ^b,c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Laboratoire associé au CNR des anaérobies et du botulisme   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DESHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928210847     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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