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Using Clinical Scenarios to Understand Preventability of Clostridium difficile Infections by Inpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2017

Jessica Seidelman ,
Kristen V. Dicks ,
Michael J. Durkin ,
Arthur W. Baker ,
Rebekah W. Moehring ,
Deverick J. Anderson ,
Daniel J. Sexton ,
Luke F. Chen  and
Sarah S. Lewis
Jessica Seidelman*
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Kristen V. Dicks
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Michael J. Durkin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Misouri
Arthur W. Baker
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Rebekah W. Moehring
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina
Sarah S. Lewis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina
*
Address correspondence to Jessica Seidelman, Medical Education Office Department of Medicine DUMC Box 3182 Durham, NC 27710 (jessica.seidelman@duke.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 6 , June 2017 , pp. 747 - 749
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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