Clostridium difficile exposure as an insidious source of infection in healthcare settings: an epidemiological model

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients. Its epidemiology has shifted in recent years from almost exclusively infecting elderly patients in whom the gut microbiota has been disturbed by antimicrobials, to now also infecting individuals o...

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Autores principales: Yakob, Laith, Riley, Thomas V, Paterson, David L, Clements, Archie CA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23947736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-376

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23947736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-376

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