Impact of a reduction in the use of high-risk antibiotics on the course of an epidemic of Clostridium difficile-associated disease caused by the hypervirulent NAP1/027 strain.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Clinical Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2007-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/519258PMID 17683015
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