A simulation-based assessment of strategies to control Clostridium difficile transmission and infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Rubin, Michael A ^a,b   Jones, Makoto ^a,b   Leecaster, Molly ^a,b   Khader, Karim ^a   Ray, Willy ^a   Huttner, Angela ^c   Huttner, Benedikt ^c   Toth, Damon ^a   Sablay, Theodore ^a,b   Borotkanics, Robert J ^d   Gerding, Dale N ^e   Samore, Matthew H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894370790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080671     Document Type: Article

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