Recurrent Infection with Epidemic Clostridium difficile in a Peripartum Woman Whose Infant Was Asymptomatically Colonized with the Same Strain
Open Access
- 15 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (6) , 956-957
- https://doi.org/10.1086/527568
Abstract
To the Editor—Recent outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) have been attributed to the emergence of an epidemic strain, termed North AmerKeywords
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