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Potential for Transmission of Clostridium difficile by Asymptomatic Acute Care Patients and Long-Term Care Facility Residents with Prior C. difficile Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sadao Jinno ,
Sirisha Kundrapu ,
Dubert M. Guerrero ,
Lucy A. Jury ,
Michelle M. Nerandzic  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Sadao Jinno
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Sirisha Kundrapu
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Dubert M. Guerrero
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Lucy A. Jury
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Michelle M. Nerandzic
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Curtis J. Donskey, MD, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (curtisdl23@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , June 2012 , pp. 638 - 639
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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