An epidemic of pseudomembranous colitis: importance of person to person spread.

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  Gut

• Publication date

  1987-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/gut.28.11.1467PMID 3428672PMCID PMC1433700
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