1623Ertapenem is Associated with an Increased Risk of Clostridium difficile Infections Among Surgical Patients
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difficile Infections Among Surgical Patients Seungwon Lee, MPH; Priya Prasad, MPH; Matthew Lin, MD; Susan Garritson, RN; Amy Nichols, RN; Catherine Liu, MD; Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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