Prevention of healthcare‐associated Clostridium difficile infection: what works?

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  • Erik R Dubberke
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Prevention of Clostridium difficile infection has become extremely important because of increases in its incidence and severity. Unfortunately, efforts at C. difficile infection prevention are hampered by lack of data to support optimal prevention methods, especially for endemic C. difficile infection. Studies are needed to define the optimal prevention practices and to investigate novel prevention methods.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Infection control and hospital epidemiology

دوره 31 Suppl 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010