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