Environmental Control to Reduce Transmission ofClostridium difficile
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (4), 995-1000
- https://doi.org/10.1086/318149
Abstract
Restrictive antibiotic policies and infection control measures have been shown to reduce the incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (Keywords
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