Increasing Prevalence and Severity of Clostridium difficile Colitis in Hospitalized Patients in the United States
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- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 142 (7) , 624-631
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.142.7.624
Abstract
Research from JAMA Surgery — Increasing Prevalence and Severity of Clostridium difficile Colitis in Hospitalized Patients in the United StatesKeywords
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