Clostridium difficile 027 increasing detection in a teaching hospital in Rome, Italy

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 941-942

  Orsi, G B ^a   Conti, C ^a   Mancini, C ^a   Giordano, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE;

EID: 84918779821     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0652-y     Document Type: Letter

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