Prevalence of clostridium difficile infection among solid organ transplant recipients: A meta-analysis of published studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Paudel, Suresh ^a   Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M ^a   Zervou, Fainareti N ^a   Ziakas, Panayiotis D ^a   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84929485412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124483     Document Type: Article

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