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A case-control study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2008

Wilcox M H, Mooney L, Bendall R, Settle C D, Fawley W N

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). METHODS: Prospective surveillance of community-derived faecal samples for C. difficile cytotoxin, followed by a questionnaire-based case-control study in two distinct patient cohorts (one semi-rural and the other urban). RESULTS: The proportion of randomly selected...

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PMID: 18434341
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn163

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