Environmental approaches to controlling Clostridioides difficile infection in healthcare settings
Abstract As today’s most prevalent and costly healthcare-associated infection, hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) represents a major threat to patient safety world-wide. This review will discuss how new insights into the epidemiology of CDI have quantified the prevalence of C...
Main Authors: | Philip C. Carling, Michael F. Parry, Russell Olmstead |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-09-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01295-z |
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