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Clostridium difficile: The epidemiology and prevention of hospital-acquired infection

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Burdon, D.W. Clostridium difficile: The epidemiology and prevention of hospital-acquired infection. Infection 10, 203–204 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01666909

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