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Prevalence of Clostridium difficile colonization among healthcare workers

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased to epidemic proportions in recent years. The carriage of C. difficile among healthy adults and hospital inpatients has been established. We sought to determine whether C. difficile colonization exists among healthcare workers (HCWs) in...

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Autores principales: Friedman, N Deborah, Pollard, James, Stupart, Douglas, Knight, Daniel R, Khajehnoori, Masoomeh, Davey, Elise K, Parry, Louise, Riley, Thomas V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24090343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-459