National point prevalence of Clostridium difficile in US health care facility inpatients, 2008.

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  2009

• Venue

  American Journal of Infection Control

• Publication date

  2009-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.01.001PMID 19278754
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