Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland

Published:2016-06-08 Issue:1 Volume:5 Page:
ISSN:2047-2994
Container-title:Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Resist Infect Control

Author:

Pires Daniela,Prendki Virginie,Renzi Gesuele,Fankhauser Carolina,Sauvan Valerie,Huttner Benedikt,Schrenzel Jacques,Harbarth Stephan

Funder

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the Program for doctoral training in clinical research for medical interns

European Commission under the Life Science Health Priority of the 7th Framework Program

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13756-016-0123-6

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