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Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for a Pseudoepidemic of Clostridium difficile Infections in a Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Celine Hernandez ,
Olivier Meunier ,
Frederique Audeoud ,
Patrick Lutz  and
Michel Bientz
Celine Hernandez
Affiliation:
Strasbourg Institute of Health, France
Olivier Meunier
Affiliation:
Strasbourg Institute of Health, France
Frederique Audeoud
Affiliation:
Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Department, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France
Patrick Lutz
Affiliation:
Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Department, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France
Michel Bientz
Affiliation:
Strasbourg Institute of Health Strasbourg, France
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 9 , September 2004 , pp. 708 - 709
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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