Nation-wide prospective surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in hospitals in Belgium, July 2007-June 2008.
We report here baseline data from the first year of compulsory surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospitals in Belgium. Between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, 2,704 CDI were reported: 12% were recurrent and 66% were hospital-associated (half of which occurred 15 days or more after admission). CDI was considered the cause of death (direct or indirect) for 10% of the episodes. The median incidence of CDI was 1.5 per 1,000 admissions and 1.9 per 10,000 hospital-days for all cases, and 0.9 per 1,000 admissions, and 1.1 per 10,000 hospital-days for hospital-associated cases. F... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
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EuroSurveillance
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Schlagwörter: | Aged / Belgium - epidemiology / Prospective Studies / Clostridium Infections - diagnosis / epidemiology / Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification / Cross Infection - diagnosis / Female / Hospitals - trends / Humans / Male / Population Surveillance - methods |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28955100 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/107917 |