Fluoroquinolone Use and Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease within a Veterans Administration Health Care System
Open Access
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 45 (9), 1141-1151
- https://doi.org/10.1086/522187
Abstract
Background. Prompted by the changing profile of Clostridium difficile infection and the impact of formulary policies in hospitals, we performed thisKeywords
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