Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in Children: A Nested Case-Control Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 384-389

  Kociolek, Larry K ^a   Palac, Hannah L ^a   Patel, Sameer J ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a   Gerding, Dale N ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; FIDAXOMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; INFANT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937727278     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.052     Document Type: Article

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