Drug risk Factors Associated with a Sustained Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea in a Teaching Hospital

A case-control study was undertaken to identify and quantify antimicrobial and nonantimicrobial drug risk factors associated with a sustained outbreak of Clostridium difficile diarrhea on two medical (teaching and nonteaching) units and an oncology unit. In total, 80 cases associated with an endemic...

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Main Authors: Swapan K Nath, Suzette Salama, Devia Persaud, James H Thornley, Ian Smith, Gary Foster, Coleman Rotstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/207601
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