Importation, antibiotics, and clostridium difficile infection in veteran long-term care: A multilevel case-control study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 787-794

  Brown, Kevin A ^a   Jones, Makoto ^b   Daneman, Nick ^c   Adler, Frederick R ^d   Stevens, Vanessa ^e   Nechodom, Kevin E ^f   Goetz, Matthew B ^g   Samore, Matthew H ^f   Mayer, Jeanmarie ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VETERANS HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975230643     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1754     Document Type: Article

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