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2408. Genotypic Corroboration of Epidemiologically Linked Clusters to Detect Outbreaks of C. difficile at a Tertiary Care Hospital

BACKGROUND: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) recommends that surveillance for healthcare facility-onset C. difficile infections (HO CDI) be conducted to detect elevated rates or outbreaks of CDI and stratify data by hospital unit when possible to facilitate detection of clus...

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Autores principales: Bayoumi, Nagla, McMillen, Tracy, Aslam, Anoshé, Kamboj, Mini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810324/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2086