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Clostridium difficile and Sucralfate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gordon Jensen  and
James E. Bross
Gordon Jensen
Affiliation:
Geisinger Clinic Danville, Pennsylvania
James E. Bross
Affiliation:
Geisinger Clinic Danville, Pennsylvania
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 712 - 713
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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