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Differing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea Between an Oncology Ward and a General Medicine Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Scott Rojas ,
Stuart H. Cohen ,
Yajarayma J. Tang ,
Jennifer Wilson ,
John Inciardi  and
Joseph Silva Jr
Scott Rojas
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California Stanford University, Stanford, California
Stuart H. Cohen
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Yajarayma J. Tang
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Jennifer Wilson
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
John Inciardi
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Joseph Silva Jr
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 14 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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