%0 Journal Article
%T Vitamin D deficiency: A potential risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection
%A Youssef D
%A Grant WB
%A Peiris AN
%J Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
%D 2012
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S36781
%X Vitamin D deficiency: A potential risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection Letter (1368) Total Article Views Authors: Youssef D, Grant WB, Peiris AN Published Date October 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 115 - 116 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S36781 Received: 06 August 2012 Accepted: 07 August 2012 Published: 08 October 2012 Dima Youssef,1 William B Grant,2 Alan N Peiris3,4 1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 2Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, San Francisco, CA USA; 3Department of Medicine, Mountain Home VAMC, 4Department of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA In the July 3, 2012 issue of the journal of Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, Martinez et al present a nice review on Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections.1 The different manifestations of this challenging disease along with the high cost and burden on the health care system were discussed. While the authors did an admirable job in discussing traditional risk factors, they do not mention vitamin D deficiency. View original paper by Martinez and colleagues. Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Readers of this article also read: Local anesthetic failure associated with inflammation: verification of the acidosis mechanism and the hypothetic participation of inflammatory peroxynitrite Evidence-based decision-making within the context of globalization: A ¡°Why¨CWhat¨CHow¡± for leaders and managers of health care organizations The cognitive basis of diglossia in Arabic: Evidence from a repetition priming study within and between languages Prolonged rupture of membranes in term infants: should all babies be screened? Congenital malformations in Ecuadorian children: urgent need to create a National Registry of Birth Defects Neurotransmitter testing of the urine: a comprehensive analysis Epigenomics in cancer management Amino acid-responsive Crohn's disease: a case study Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi Radio electric asymmetric brain stimulation in the treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease
%K Vitamin D deficiency: A potential risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection Letter (1368) Total Article Views Authors: Youssef D
%K Grant WB
%K Peiris AN Published Date October 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 115 - 116 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S36781 Received: 06 August 2012 Accepted: 07 August 2012 Published: 08 October 2012 Dima Youssef
%K 1 William B Grant
%K 2 Alan N Peiris3
%K 4 1Department of Internal Medicine
%K Division of Infectious Diseases
%K 2Sunlight
%K Nutrition and Health Research Center
%U https://www.dovepress.com/vitamin-d-deficiency-a-potential-risk-factor-for-clostridium-difficile-peer-reviewed-article-RMHP