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Clostridium difficile infection following outpatient cancer surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2019

Bevin Cohen ,
Marcia Levine  and
Mini Kamboj
Bevin Cohen*
Affiliation:
Office of Nursing Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Marcia Levine
Affiliation:
Perioperative Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Mini Kamboj
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Bevin Cohen, Email: cohenb2@mskcc.org
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1440 - 1441
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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