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Fecal Clostridium difficile carriage among medical housestaff.

R S Cohen1, A J DiMarino, M L Allen.   

Abstract

Housestaff, physician assistants, and hospitalized patients at a teaching hospital were tested for fecal carriage of Clostridium difficile. The test results showed that fecal carriage of C. difficile may not be important in the epidemiology of hospital-acquired diarrhea.

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Year:  1994        PMID: 8028813

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  N J Med        ISSN: 0885-842X


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1.  Prevalence and duration of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriage among healthy subjects in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Authors:  Alison L Galdys; Jemma S Nelson; Kathleen A Shutt; Jessica L Schlackman; Diana L Pakstis; A William Pasculle; Jane W Marsh; Lee H Harrison; Scott R Curry
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2014-04-23       Impact factor: 5.948

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