Screening for carriage and nosocomial acquisition of Clostridium difficile by culture:: a study of 284 admissions of elderly patients to six general hospitals in Wales

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Brazier, JS [1 ]
Fitzgerald, TC
Hosein, I
Cefai, C
Looker, N
Walker, M
Bushell, AC
Rooney, P
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[1] Univ Wales Hosp, Publ Hlth Lab, Anaerobe Reference Unit, Cardiff CF4 4XW, S Glam, Wales
[2] Llandough Hosp, Dept Med Microbiol, Penarth CF64 2XX, S Glam, Wales
[3] Univ Wales Hosp, Dept Infect Control, Cardiff CF4 4XW, S Glam, Wales
[4] Wrexham Maelor Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Wrexham LL13 7TD, Wales
[5] Glan Clwyd Hosp, Publ Hlth Lab, Rhyl LL18 5UJ, Clwyd, Wales
[6] Publ Hlth Lab, Bangor LL57 2PW, Gwynedd, Wales
[7] Withybush Gen Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Haverfordwest SA61 2PZ, Dyfed, Wales
[8] Bronglais Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Aberystwyth SY23 1ER, Dyfed, Wales
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10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90431-0
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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页码:317 / 319
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