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Clostridium difficile infection in the community: a zoonotic disease?
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2012
Hensgens M P M, Keessen E C, Squire M M, Riley T V, Koene M G J, de Boer E, Lipman L J A, Kuijper E J
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Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are traditionally seen in elderly and hospitalized patients who have used antibiotic therapy. In the community, CDIs requiring a visit to a general practitioner are increasingly occurring among young and relatively healthy individuals without known predisposing factors. C. difficile is also found as a commensal or pathogen in the intestinal tracts of most mammals, and...
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