Co-infection as a confounder for the role of Clostridium difficile infection in children with diarrhoea: a summary of the literature

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1281-1287

  de Graaf, H ^a   Pai, S ^b   Burns, D A ^c   Karas, J A ^c   Enoch, D A ^b   Faust, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Astellas Pharma EMEA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRIDAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MIXED INFECTION; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SAPOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931568840     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2367-0     Document Type: Review

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