Presence of the Epidemic North American Pulsed Field Type 1 Clostridium Difficile Strain in Hospitalized Children
- 30 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 154 (4), 607-608
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.016
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