Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated <it>Clostridium difficile </it>infection: A nested case-control study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Clostridium difficile </it>is the most common cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the United States. However, recent reports have documented that <it>C. difficile </it>infections (CDIs) are occurrin...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Herwaldt Loreen A, Pendergast Jane F, Chrischilles Elizabeth A, Kuntz Jennifer L, Polgreen Philip M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/11/194