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Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic C. difficile in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors
BACKGROUND: The impact of Clostridium difficile colonization in C. difficile infection (CDI) is inadequately explored. As a result, asymptomatic carriage is not considered in the development of infection control policies and the burden of carrier state in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is unknown...
Autores principales: | Ziakas, Panayiotis D., Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Zervou, Fainareti N., Grigoras, Christos, Pliakos, Elina Eleftheria, Mylonakis, Eleftherios |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25707002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117195 |
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