A retrospective study of the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection at a University Hospital in Japan: genotypic features of the isolates and clinical characteristics of the patients
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 16 (5) , 329-333
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-010-0066-4
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