Open AccessPrevalence of Clostridium difficile infection among the patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Lavanya Segar,
Joshy M Easow,
Sreenivasan Srirangaraj,
Mohammad Hanifah,
Noyal Mariya Joseph,
Kunigal S Seetha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.208383
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , clostridium difficile toxin a , group b , prospective cohort study , tertiary care , diarrhea , intensive care unit , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Clostridium difficile, a most important nosocomial enteric pathogen, is recognized globally as responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. It is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality due to widespread use of antibiotics.