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Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs: Do we disregard the doctor?

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Author/s: van Nood, E (E); van Dijk, K (K); Hegeman, Z (Z); Speelman, P (P); Visser, C E (CE);

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Publication Type: Letter

Journal: Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 30 (issue 9) : pp 924-5

Dates: Created 2009/08/05; Completed 2009/10/16;

PMID: 19653823, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/16/2009, IMS Date: )

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Academic Medical Centers Carrier State - epidemiology; microbiology; physiopathology; transmission Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Cross Infection - epidemiology; microbiology; transmission Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - epidemiology; microbiology; physiopathology; transmission Hand - microbiology Hospital Units Humans

Internal Medicine Intestines - microbiology Medical Staff, Hospital Netherlands - epidemiology Nursing Staff, Hospital Personnel, Hospital Prevalence Skin - microbiology

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