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A comparison of Clostridium difficile diagnostic methods for identification of local strains in a South African centre

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Pan-European longitudinal surveillance of antibiotic resistance among prevalent Clostridium difficile ribotypes

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A Novel Quantitative Sampling Technique for Detection and Monitoring of Clostridium difficile Contamination in the Clinical Environment

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Genomic Epidemiology of a Protracted Hospital Outbreak Caused by a Toxin A-Negative Clostridium difficile Sublineage PCR Ribotype 017 Strain in London, England

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Evaluation of Portability and Cost of a Fluorescent PCR Ribotyping Protocol for Clostridium difficile Epidemiology

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Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a Large Teaching Hospital in Thailand

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Detecting Clostridium difficile Spores from Inanimate Surfaces of the Hospital Environment: Which Method Is Best?

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Hospitalization stay and costs attributable to Clostridium difficile infection: a critical review

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The changes of PCR ribotype and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium difficile in a tertiary care hospital over 10 years

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Meta-Analysis of Antibiotics and the Risk of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection

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The identification and epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patient rooms and the ward environment

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Contamination of Healthcare Workers' Hands with Clostridium difficile Spores after Caring for Patients with C. difficile Infection

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Identification of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 for the First Time in Mainland China

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Clostridium difficile Infection Associated with Antituberculous Agents in a Patient with Tuberculous Pericarditis

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Antibiotics and hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection: update of systematic review and meta-analysis

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Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a Major Chinese Hospital: an Underrecognized Problem in Asia?

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Antibiotic Stewardship Ward Rounds and a Dedicated Prescription Chart Reduce Antibiotic Consumption and Pharmacy Costs without Affecting Inpatient Mortality or Re-Admission Rates

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Treatment failure and recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection following treatment with vancomycin or metronidazole: a systematic review of the evidence

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Divergent Rifamycin Susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile Strains in Canada and Italy and Predictive Accuracy of Rifampin Etest for Rifamycin Resistance

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Clostridium difficile toxinotype XI (A-B-) exhibits unique arrangement of PaLoc and its upstream region

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Molecular characterization of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive variant strains of Clostridium difficile isolated in Korea

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Clostridium difficile infections in a tertiary hospital: value of surveillance

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Investigation of Toxin Gene Diversity, Molecular Epidemiology, and Antimicrobial Resistance ofClostridium difficileIsolated from 12 Hospitals in South Korea

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Clostridium difficile infection in Europe: a hospital-based survey

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What is on that keyboard? Detecting hidden environmental reservoirs of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak associated with North American pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type 1 strains

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High Frequency of Rifampin Resistance Identified in an EpidemicClostridium difficileClone from a Large Teaching Hospital

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Application of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis to determine clonal spread of toxin A-negative Clostridium difficile in a general hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Rifampin and Rifaximin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Clostridium difficile

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Emergence of reduced susceptibility to metronidazole in Clostridium difficile

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Characterization of Clostridium difficile isolates using capillary gel electrophoresis-based PCR ribotyping

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