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1155. Excessive Movement, Unnecessary Contamination: Clostridium difficile Patients in the Hospital

BACKGROUND: The environmental contamination of Clostridium difficile in acute care hospital rooms is associated with increased risk of infection for subsequent patients. Patients that stay in a room following a patient with a C. difficile infection (CDI) have an increased risk of CDI compared with p...

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Autores principales: Reese, Sara, Knepper, Bryan, Miller, Amber, Young, Heather
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/PMC6254207/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.988