Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 689-690 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | American Journal of Infection Control |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Cited By :1Export Date: 15 September 2018
CODEN: AJICD
Correspondence Address: Aldeyab, M.A.; Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University, Belfast-BT9 7BL, United Kingdom; email: maldeyab02@qub.ac.uk
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Keywords
- age
- aged
- Clostridium difficile infection
- disease severity
- high risk patient
- hospital infection
- hospital patient
- human
- letter
- major clinical study
- multivariate logistic regression analysis
- nursing home
- risk factor
- cross infection
- hospitalization
- microbiology
- Peptoclostridium difficile
- pseudomembranous colitis
- severity of illness index
- very elderly
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Clostridium difficile
- Cross Infection
- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Nursing Homes
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index