Virulence and clinical outcomes in clostridium difficile infection: A complex business

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 906-907

  McDonald, L Clifford ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84874761220     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1001     Document Type: Letter

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