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Successful combat of an outbreak due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 and recognition of specific risk factors

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Clostridium difficile Infection in Ohio Hospitals and Nursing Homes During 2006

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Proposed Checklist of Hospital Interventions to Decrease the Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection

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Complete Restriction of Fluoroquinolone Use to Control an Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection at a Community Hospital

(2009) Alexander J. Kallen et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Multipronged Intervention Strategy to Control an Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) and Its Impact on the Rates of CDI from 2002 to 2007

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Hand Hygiene with Soap and Water Is Superior to Alcohol Rub and Antiseptic Wipes for Removal of Clostridium difficile

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Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Clostridium difficile Toxin Detection Assays, a Real-Time PCR Assay for C. difficile tcdB, and a Glutamate Dehydrogenase Detection Assay to Cytotoxin Testing and Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods

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Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

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Serum anti-toxin B antibody correlates with protection from recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)

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Antibiotic Stewardship and Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease

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Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Room Decontamination on Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination and Transmission in a Healthcare Setting

(2008) John M. Boyce et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals

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Clostridium difficile— More Difficult Than Ever

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Prospective, Controlled, Cross-Over Trial of Alcohol-Based Hand Gel in Critical Care Units

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