Assessing the effect of patient screening and isolation on curtailing Clostridium difficile infection in hospital settings
Abstract Background Patient screening at the time of hospital admission is not recommended as a routine practice, but may be an important strategy for containment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospital settings. We sought to investigate the effect of patient screening in the presence o...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2494-6 |