Clostridium difficile: clinical disease and diagnosis.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on July 01, 1993

Authors

F C Knoop1, M Owens, I C Crocker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178-0001.

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