Epidemiology of Clostridium Difficile Infection in a Large Hospital in Northern Italy: Questioning the Ward-Based Transmission

BACKGROUND: Clostridium Difficile infection (CDI) is considered a ward-based nosocomial infection, due to contagion among patients. Molecular studies recently questioned ward-based contact for disease spread. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether it is plausible that CDI spread in San Martino Hospital o...

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Autores principales: Piatti, Gabriella, Bruzzone, Marco, Fontana, Vincenzo, Mannini, Alessandro, Ceppi, Marcello
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399217
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874285801711010360

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399217
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874285801711010360

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