Epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile in a tertiary level hospital in Serbia
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عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh1308482s