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Reduction in Clostridium difficile Infections among Neurosurgical Patients Associated with Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for the Duration of External Ventricular Drain Placement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Timothy H. Dellit ,
Jeannie D. Chan ,
Charlotte Fulton ,
Ronald F. Pergamit ,
Elizabeth A. McNamara ,
Louis J. Kim ,
Richard G. Ellenbogen  and
John B. Lynch
Timothy H. Dellit*
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Jeannie D. Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Charlotte Fulton
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Ronald F. Pergamit
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Elizabeth A. McNamara
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Louis J. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Richard G. Ellenbogen
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
John B. Lynch
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
*
Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Avenue, Box 359778, Seattle, WA 98104 (thdellit@u.washington.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 589 - 590
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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