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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...
Autores principales: | Yakob, Laith, Riley, Thomas V, Paterson, David L, Clements, Archie CA |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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