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Host and pathogen factors for Clostridium difficile infection and colonization.
Vivian G Loo
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Anne-Marie Bourgault ,
Louise Poirier ,
François Lamothe ,
Sophie Michaud ,
Nathalie Turgeon ,
Baldwin Toye ,
Axelle Beaudoin ,
Eric H Frost ,
Rodica Gilca ,
Paul Brassard ,
Nandini Dendukuri ,
Claire Béliveau ,
Matthew Oughton ,
Ivan Brukner ,
Andre Dascal
Nov 03 2011
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Abstract
Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of health care-associated diarrhea, and the bacterium can also be carried asymptomatically. The objective of this study was to identify host and bacterial factors associated with health care-associated acquisition of C. difficile infection and colonization.