Dr. Barry Dworkin

C. difficile infection rates dropping at Canadian hospitals

Health Headlines Commentary for June 26, 2018

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Source:

‘Remarkable drop’ in C. difficile infections at Canadian hospitals

Reference:

The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)

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