Prevalence of Clostridium difficile colonization among healthcare workers

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased to epidemic proportions in recent years. The carriage of C. difficile among healthy adults and hospital inpatients has been established. We sought to determine whether C. difficile colonization exists among healthcare workers (HCWs) in...

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Main Authors: Friedman, N Deborah, Pollard, James, Stupart, Douglas, Knight, Daniel R, Khajehnoori, Masoomeh, Davey, Elise K, Parry, Louise, Riley, Thomas V
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850636/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24090343
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-459
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