Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hematology-Oncology Patients Colonized With Toxigenic C. difficile
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Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hematology-Oncology Patients Colonized With Toxigenic C. difficile.
The prevalence of colonization with toxigenic Clostridium difficile among patients with hematological malignancies and/or bone marrow transplant at admission to a 566-bed academic medical care center was 9.3%, and 13.3% of colonized patients developed symptomatic disease during hospitalization. This population may benefit from targeted C. difficile infection control interventions. Infect Contro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.48