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The Role of the Environment in Transmission of Clostridium difficile Infection in Healthcare Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB 7030, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , March 2011 , pp. 207 - 209
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011 

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