Clostridium difficile Skin Contamination in Patients with C. difficile-Associated Disease
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- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (3), 447-450
- https://doi.org/10.1086/525267
Abstract
In a prospective study of 27 patients with Clostridium difficile–associated disease, we found that C. difficile frequently contaminated multiple skinKeywords
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