Colonization of toxigenic Clostridium difficile among ICU patients: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: A prospective study was performed to investigate the prevalence of colonization among ICU patients and to examine whether asymptomatic carriers were the source of subsequent C. difficile infection (CDI) and acquisition of toxigenic C. difficile. METHODS: Rectal swabs were collected from...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Xiaoxia, Wang, Xiaohui, Yang, Jingyu, Liu, Xiaohua, Cai, Lin, Zong, Zhiyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27506470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1729-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27506470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1729-2

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