Measures to Control and PreventClostridium difficileInfection
Open Access
- 15 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (s1), S43-S49
- https://doi.org/10.1086/521861
Abstract
Control of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) outbreaks in health care facilities presents significant challenges to infection control specialistsKeywords
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