Public reporting of Clostridium difficile and improvements in diagnostic tests

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1231-1232

  Goldenberg, Simon D ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESERVOIR;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 80955164690     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663014     Document Type: Note

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