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Asymptomatic Carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs Do We Disregard the Doctor?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. van Nood ,
K. van Dijk ,
Z. Hegeman ,
P. Speelman  and
C. E. Visser
E. van Nood*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
K. van Dijk
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Z. Hegeman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
P. Speelman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
C. E. Visser
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
*
Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands( e.vannood@amc.nl)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 924 - 925
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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