Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infections in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 445-451

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GENETICS; INFANT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937728047     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.89     Document Type: Article

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