A targeted strategy to wipe out Clostridium difficile

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1137-1139

  Orenstein, Robert ^a   Aronhalt, Kimberly C ^a   McManus Jr, James E ^a   Fedraw, Leslie A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEGACOLON; NONHUMAN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINNESOTA; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 80054851257     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662586     Document Type: Article

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