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Epidemic Clostridium difficile
Author(s) -
Riley Thomas V
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00497.x
Subject(s) - citation , clostridium difficile , library science , clinical microbiology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 7 August 2006 185 3 133-134 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Editorials in Quebec Province (population, 7.5 million in 200 the incidence among patients aged 65 years increa per 100 000 population in 1991 to 867 per 100 0 C. difficile disease has been more severe, with the complicated cases in Sherbrooke increasing from 7.1 1991–92 to 18.2% (71/390) in 2003, suggesting a strain of the organism is emerging. The Quebec H We need to know if and when this organism arrives in Australia