Multihospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infection: epidemiology and analysis of control measures
ContributorsAldeyab, Mamoon A; Devine, Michael J; Flanagan, Peter; Mannion, Michael; Craig, Avril; Scott, Michael G; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen
Published inInfection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 32, no. 3, p. 210-219
Publication date2011
Abstract
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
- Clostridium Infections/epidemiology/prevention & control
- Clostridium difficile/genetics/isolation & purification
- Cross Infection/epidemiology/prevention & control
- Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
- Drug Utilization
- Female
- Fluoroquinolones/therapeutic use
- Hospitals
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infection Control/methods/organization & administration
- Male
- Northern Ireland/epidemiology
- Ribotyping
- Risk Factors
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Citation (ISO format)
ALDEYAB, Mamoon A et al. Multihospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infection: epidemiology and analysis of control measures. In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2011, vol. 32, n° 3, p. 210–219. doi: 10.1086/658333
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- PID : unige:25484
- DOI : 10.1086/658333
- PMID : 21460505
Journal ISSN0899-823X
