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Decline in Clostridium difficile-associated disease rates in Singapore public hospitals, 2006 to 2008
BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is the major cause of pseudomembranous colitis associated with antibiotic use, and the spread of the hypervirulent epidemic ribotype 027/NAP-1 strain across hospitals worldwide has re-focused attention on this nosocomial pathogen. The overall incidence and trend of...
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21429188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-77 |