Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of an outbreak ofClostridium difficile infection among geriatric patients
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (11) , 987-993
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01691381
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