Colonization of toxigenic Clostridium difficile among ICU patients: a prospective study
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Colonization of toxigenic Clostridium difficile among ICU patients: a prospective study
BACKGROUND A prospective study was performed to investigate the prevalence of colonization among ICU patients and to examine whether asymptomatic carriers were the source of subsequent C. difficile infection (CDI) and acquisition of toxigenic C. difficile. METHODS Rectal swabs were collected from adult patients on admission to and at discharge from a 50-bed medical ICU of a major referral hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1729-2