Journal article
An outbreak of severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.28(2), pp.212-214
02/2007
DOI: 10.1086/512174
PMID: 17265406
Abstract
We report a severe outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection. According to a chart review, half of the patients who received treatment for bacterial pneumonia before they developed C. difficile infection may not have had pneumonia. Excessive use of the hospital's new pneumonia care plan during the influenza season may have contributed to the intensity of this outbreak.
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- Title: Subtitle
- An outbreak of severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia
- Creators
- Philip M Polgreen - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. philip-polgreen@uiowa.eduYi Yi ChenJoseph E CavanaughMelissa WardStacy CoffmanDouglas B HornickDaniel J DiekemaLoreen A Herwaldt
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.28(2), pp.212-214
- DOI
- 10.1086/512174
- PMID
- 17265406
- NLM abbreviation
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2007
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science; Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Biostatistics; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983985892102771
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