Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and odor [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1110-

  Wilcox, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ODOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ODORS;

EID: 85047696803     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521944     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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