Clostridium difficile 027 emerging outbreak in Marseille, France.

نویسندگان

  • Jean-Christophe Lagier
  • Gregory Dubourg
  • Nadim Cassir
  • Pierre-Edouard Fournier
  • Philippe Colson
  • Hervé Richet
  • Philippe Brouqui
  • Didier Raoult
چکیده

performed at the research laboratory (Director, Marcus Zervos, MD, PhD) of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and the research laboratory of Medical Center Utrecht (Director, Rob Willems, MD, PhD). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. All authors submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest, and the conflicts that the editors consider relevant to this article are disclosed here.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Infection control and hospital epidemiology

دوره 34 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013