Infectious gastroenteritis and the need for strict contact precaution procedures in adults presenting to the emergency department: a Danish register-based study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 391-397

  Skyum, F ^a,c   Andersen, V ^a,c   Chen, M ^a,b   Pedersen, C ^d   Mogensen, C B ^a,c  

^a Hospital of Southern Jutland   (Denmark)

^b Sonderborg Hospital   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Contact precautions; Infectious gastroenteritis; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040693387     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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