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Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland
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Pires, Daniela
Prendki, Virginie
Renzi, Gesuele
Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Carolina Maria
Sauvan, Valérie
Huttner, Benedikt
Schrenzel, Jacques
Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen
Published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 2016, vol. 5, p. 24
Abstract The role of asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic Clostridium difficile (TCD) in nosocomial cross-transmission remains debatable. Moreover, its relevance in the elderly has been sparsely studied.
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PMID: 27280019
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités
Research groups Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604)
Groupe Harbarth Stephan (Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline) (866)
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(ISO format) 		PIRES, Daniela et al. Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland. In: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016, vol. 5, p. 24. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:98874

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