Effectiveness of environmental and infection control programs to reduce transmission of Clostridium difficile [3]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-602

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a,d   Zack, Jeanne E ^b   Mayfield, Jennie L ^b   Freeman, Janet ^b   Dunne, William M ^c   Little, J Russel ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Disease   (Thailand)

^b Dept of Pathology and Immunology   (United States)

^c BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 4344671930     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422523     Document Type: Letter

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