Wide Diversity Of Clostridium Difficile Types At A Tertiary Referral Hospital

Nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection was investigated at a hospital with 15 cases of C. difficile diarrhea per 1000 discharges. From January 1991 to May 1991, patients admitted or transferred to five wards or units had weekly rectal swabs taken for culture; in addition, all cytotoxin-positive...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 1994-09, Vol.170 (3), p.615-621
Hauptverfasser:	Samore, Matthew H., Bettin, Kris M., DeGirolami, Paola C., Clabots, Connie R., Gerding, Dale N., Karchmer, Adolf W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Clostridium Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - classification Clostridium difficile - genetics Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Cluster Analysis Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - microbiology Cytotoxins Deoxyribonuclease HindIII Diarrhea Diarrhea - microbiology Disease transmission DNA, Bacterial - analysis Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - epidemiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - microbiology Epidemiology Feces - microbiology Female Genetic Variation Hospital admissions Hospital Units Humans Incidence Infections Intensive Care Units Major Articles Male Middle Aged Rectum - microbiology Restriction Mapping
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