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Clostridium difficile Infection in Texas Hospitals, 2007-2011

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2015

Tiffany A. Radcliff ,
Andrea L. Lorden  and
Hongwei Zhao
Tiffany A. Radcliff*
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Andrea L. Lorden
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Hongwei Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
*
Address correspondence to Tiffany A. Radcliff, PhD, Department of Health Policy & Management, 310 SPH Administration Bldg, College Station, TX 77845-1266 (Radcliff@tamhsc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , March 2016 , pp. 357 - 359
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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