Persistence of an endemic (toxigenic) isolate of Clostridium difficile in the environment of a general medicine ward

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 952-954

  Cohen, Stuart H ^a   Tang, Yajarayma J ^a   Rahmani, Darush ^a   Silva, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WARD;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FECES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034463965     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313807     Document Type: Article

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