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Rifampin plus Metronidazole for Clostridium difficile Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dimitri M. Drekonja*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Infectious Diseases (111F), Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417 ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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