Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea on a surgical service

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1333-1337

  McCarter, Martin D ^a   Abularrage, Christopher ^a   Velasco, Ferdinand T ^a   Davis, John Mihran ^a   Daly, John M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0029902523     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430240087012     Document Type: Article

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