Complete Restriction of Fluoroquinolone Use to Control an Outbreak ofClostridium difficileInfection at a Community Hospital
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 30 (3) , 264-272
- https://doi.org/10.1086/595694
Abstract
Complete Restriction of Fluoroquinolone Use to Control an Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection at a Community Hospital - Volume 30 Issue 3 - Alexander J. Kallen, Angela Thompson, Polly Ristaino, Leigh Chapman, Ainsley Nicholson, Bich-Thuy Sim, Fernanda Lessa, Umid Sharapov, Elaine Fadden, Richard Boehler, Carolyn Gould, Brandi Limbago, David Blythe, L. Clifford McDonaldKeywords
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