Antimicrobial‐Associated Risk Factors forClostridium difficileInfection
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- 15 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (s1) , S19-S31
- https://doi.org/10.1086/521859
Abstract
Antimicrobial therapy plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), presumably through disruption of indigenousKeywords
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