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972. Asymptomatic Carriage of Clostridiodes difficile and Risk of Subsequent Infection

BACKGROUND: C. difficile is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections in the United States. Studies of patients with asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic C. difficile have reported conflicting results on the risk of subsequent C. difficile infection (CDI). Older studies suggest that the...

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Autores principales: Espiritu, Katrina, Vernon, Michael, Schora, Donna, Peterson, Lance, Singh, Kamaljit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252563/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy209.088