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Clostridium difficile Colitis in the Hospital Setting: A Potentially Explosive Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Charles W. Stratton
Charles W. Stratton*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Clinical Microbiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
*
Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, C-3213, Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 281 - 282
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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