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New Definitions Will Help, but Cultures are Critical for Resolving Unanswered Questions About Clostridium difficile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding*
Affiliation:
Edward Hines, Jr., Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, and the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois
*
ACOS/Research and Development, Hines VA Hospital, 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Bldg 1, Rm C344, Hines, IL 60141 (dale.gerding2@va.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , February 2007 , pp. 113 - 115
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