Increased hospital-specific nosocomial rates of Clostridium difficile infection in Finnish hospitals with high prevalence of imported cases at admission, 2008-2015.

Prattingerová, J; Sarvikivi, E; Ollgren, J; Lyytikäinen, O

Prattingerová, J; Sarvikivi, E; Ollgren, J; Lyytikäinen, O.

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Prattingerová J; Department of Health Security, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: jana.prattingerova@gmail.com.
Sarvikivi E; Department of Health Security, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Ollgren J; Department of Health Security, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Lyytikäinen O; Department of Health Security, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.

J Hosp Infect ; 102(2): 169-171, 2019 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30171888

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Clostridioides difficile/isolation & purification; Clostridium Infections/epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Imported/epidemiology; Cross Infection/epidemiology; Epidemiological Monitoring; Clostridium Infections/diagnosis; Communicable Diseases, Imported/diagnosis; Cross Infection/diagnosis; Diagnostic Tests, Routine; Finland/epidemiology; Hospitals; Humans; Prevalence

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cross Infection / Clostridioides difficile / Clostridium Infections / Epidemiological Monitoring / Communicable Diseases, Imported Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: J Hosp Infect Year: 2019 Type: Article

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