Hospital Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) incidence as a risk factor for hospital-associated CDI

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 825-829

  Miller, Aaron C ^a   Polgreen, Linnea A ^b   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^b   Polgreen, Philip M ^c  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; environment; health care associated infection; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961130690     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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