Multi-institution case-control and cohort study of risk factors for the development and mortality of Clostridium difficile infections in Japan

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Takahashi, Masahiko ^a   Mori, Nobuaki ^a   Bito, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RISK FACTOR; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929939629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005665     Document Type: Article

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