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Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: A nested case-control study

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the United States. However, recent reports have documented that C. difficile infections (CDIs) are occurring among patients without traditional risk factors. The purpose of this study was to examine the e...

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Autores principales: Kuntz, Jennifer L, Chrischilles, Elizabeth A, Pendergast, Jane F, Herwaldt, Loreen A, Polgreen, Philip M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21762504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-194