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Abstract
In 1975 John Bartlett began trials investigating the problem of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. His work led the discovery of Clostridium difficile and he identified it as the leading cause of hospital-associated infections.Entities:
Keywords: Clostridium difficile; antibiotic-associated diarrhea; nosocomial diarrhea; pseudomembranous colitis.; toxin A; toxin B
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25151480 DOI： 10.1093/cid/ciu419
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN： 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079