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Nosocomial Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Madrid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Amaya Bustinza ,
Maria José Solana ,
Belén Padilla ,
Jesús López-Herce ,
Maria José Santiago  and
Mercedes Marin
Amaya Bustinza*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Maria José Solana
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Belén Padilla
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Jesús López-Herce
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Maria José Santiago
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Mercedes Marin
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
*
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr. Castelo 47, 28009-Madrid, Spain ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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