Clostridium: transmission difficile?
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 22346737.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001171 and PMC identifier 3274498.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Stephan Harbarth and Matthew Samore discuss the implications, and the limitations, of new research that might indicate that most Clostridium difficile cases are imported into hospitals.
Medical subject headings
- Clostridioides difficile
- Cross Infection
- Diarrhea
- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Hospital Units
- Infection Control