- ►annals.org [PDF] JG Bartlett - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis were well established soon after
antibiotics became available. Early work implicated Staphylo- coccus aureus, but
in 1978 Clostridium difficile became the estab- lished pathogen in the vast ... Cited by 133 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
SV Kazakova, K Ware, B Baughman, O Bilukha, … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 - archinte.highwire.org Methods The CDAD cases were compared according to where the disease was likely
acquired based on health care exposure and characterization of isolates from
case patients, asymptomatic carriers, and the environment. Antimicrobial ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►ucalgary.ca [PDF] LC McDonald, GE Killgore, A Thompson, RC … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2005 - content.nejm.org Methods A total of 187 C. difficile isolates were collected from eight health
care facilities in six states (Georgia, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, and
Pennsylvania) in which outbreaks of C. difficile–associated disease had ... Cited by 562 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 16 versions
VG Loo, L Poirier, MA Miller, M Oughton, MD … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2005 - content.nejm.org Methods In 2004 we conducted a prospective study at 12 Quebec hospitals to
determine the incidence of nosocomial C. difficile–associated diarrhea and its
complications and a case–control study to identify risk factors for the ... Cited by 551 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►congrex.ch [PDF] M Warny, J Pepin, A Fang, G Killgore, A … - The Lancet, 2005 - Elsevier We obtained isolates from 124 patients from Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de
Sherbrooke in Quebec. Additional isolates from the USA, Canada, and the UK were
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- ►nursing2009.com J Cloud, CP Kelly - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2007 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: An epidemic of Clostridium difficile associated disease in
Quebec was associated with a threefold increase in incidence and a sharp
increase in fatalities. Strain typing of C. difficile isolates from the ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nursing2009.com JG Bartlett - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2007 - journals.lww.com Abstract: Clostridium difficile is now the most frequent bacterial enteric
pathogen in the developed world. This organism has been the recognized agent of
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- ►ecmaj.com J Pepin, L Valiquette, B Cossette - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005 - ecmaj.com Background: Since 2002 an epidemic of Clostridium difficile–associated disease
(CDAD) caused by a hypervirulent toxinotype III ribotype 027 strain has spread
to many hospitals in Quebec. The strain has also been found in the United ... Cited by 169 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 20 versions
- ►sld.cu [PDF] JG Bartlett - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006 - UChicago Press Featured in New York Times "Searching the Web for Flu Outbreaks" November 28,
2008 Using Internet Searches for Influenza Surveillance Philip M. Polgreen,
Yiling Chen, David M. Pennock, and Forrest D. Nelson One study, published ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
AT Makris, S Gelone - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2007 - Elsevier The incidence of Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) has increased
over the past few years and more severe cases of CDAD have been reported. This
changing epidemiology is possibly a result of the emergence of a more ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 3 versions
