Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics ofClostridium difficileInfection Among Hospitalized Children in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Sofie M. van Dorp,
Edela Smajlović,
Cornelis W. Knetsch,
Daan W. Notermans,
Sabine C. de Greeff,
Ed J. Kuijper
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw699
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple loci vntr analysis , clostridium difficile , epidemiology , interquartile range , confidence interval , pediatrics , ribotyping , variable number tandem repeat , polymerase chain reaction , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , genotype , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , gene
Little is known about pediatric Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) epidemiology. We describe the clinical and microbiological characteristics of CDI among hospitalized children in the Netherlands.
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