529Frequent Transmission of Clostridium Difficile by Asymptomatically Colonized Long-term Care Facility Residents during Hospital Admissions
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529. Frequent Transmission of Clostridium Difficile by Asymptomatically Colonized Long-term Care Facility Residents during Hospital Admissions Curtis J. Donskey, MD; Venkata C.K. Sunkesula, MD, MS; Nimalie D. Stone, MD, MS; Carolyn V. Gould, MD, MS; L. Clifford Mcdonald, MD, FACP, FSHEA; Matthew Samore, MD; Jeanmarie Mayer, MD; Susan M. Pacheco, MD; Annette Jencson, BSMT(ASCP)SM, CIC; Susan Sambol, MT; Laurica a. Petrella, BS; Dale Gerding, MD; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Infectious Diseases, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Atlanta, GA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City, UT; University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL; Loyola University and Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL
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