Clostridium difficile—Associated Diarrhea and Colitis in Adults: A Prospective Case-Controlled Epidemiologic Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 95-100

  Gerding, Dale N ^a   Olson, Mary M ^a   Peterson, Lance R ^a   Teasley, David G ^a   Gebhard, Roger L ^a   Schwartz, Michael L ^a   Lee, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BISACODYL; CARBENICILLIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAPIRIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFRADINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CODEINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOTOXIN; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; ISPAGULA; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; MYLANTA; NEOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PETHIDINE; SIMETHICONE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CYTOTOXINS; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941814265     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360130117016     Document Type: Article

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