Successful bundle of prevention measures against a high CDAD incidence at a university hospital;Erfolgreiches Bündel von Präventionsmaßnahmen bei hoher CDAD-Inzidenz in einem Universitätsklinikum

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Mattner, Frauke ^a   Winterfeld, Ingo ^a   Knobloch, Johannes ^a   Solbach, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile associated disease; Infection control measures; Sensitivity of culture media

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249151957     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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