A sustained outbreak of Clostridium difficile in a general hospital: persistence of a toxigenic clone in four units.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on June 01, 1994

Authors

S K Nath1, J H Thornley, M Kelly, B Kucera, S L On, B Holmes, M Costas

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1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Henderson General Hospital Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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