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Clostridium difficile Infection It's a Family Affair

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Debbie Baishnab ,
Kathleen R. Banfield ,
Kathleen Jones ,
Katharine S. Scott ,
Nigel C. Weightman  and
Kevin G. Kerr
Debbie Baishnab
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Kathleen R. Banfield
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harrogate and District National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Kathleen Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harrogate and District National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Katharine S. Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Harrogate and District National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Nigel C. Weightman
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Harrogate and District National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Kevin G. Kerr*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Harrogate and District National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom Hull York Medical School, York, United Kingdom
*
Department of Microbiology, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 7SX, UK (kevin.kerr@hdft.nhs.uk)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , April 2013 , pp. 442 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

References

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