Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the environment and contacts of patients with antibiotic-associated colitis.

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  1981

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  Journal of Infectious Diseases

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  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/INFDIS/143.1.42PMID 7217711
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