Clostridium difficile - Beyond the usual suspects

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1263-1264

  Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84884513249     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1310454     Document Type: Editorial

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