Factors Favouring the Development of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Critically Ill Patients
Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore-forming, toxin-forming, gram-positive bacillus present in the bacterial flora of the colon is the principal cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in adults.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-01-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Critical Care Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2016-0006 |