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Patient and Strain Characteristics Associated With Clostridium difficile Transmission and Adverse Outcomes
BACKGROUND: No study has used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to investigate risk factors for Clostridium difficile (CD) transmission between cases, or assessed the impact of recent acquisition on patient outcome. METHODS: This 20 month retrospective cohort study included consecutive cytotoxin-positiv...
Autores principales: | Martin, Jessica S H, Eyre, David W, Fawley, Warren N, Griffiths, David, Davies, Kerrie, Mawer, Damian P C, Peto, Timothy E A, Crook, Derrick W, Walker, A Sarah, Wilcox, Mark H |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29659753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy302 |
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