Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection: A Narrative Review

Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 231-251

  Bloomfield, Lauren E ^a,b   Riley, Thomas V ^c,d,e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir source; Clostridium difficile infection (CDI); Community associated CDI; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GASTRIC ACID SUPPRESSANT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 85006100014     PISSN: 21938229     EISSN: 21936382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-016-0117-y     Document Type: Review

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