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. 2004 Jul 6;171(1):27-9.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1040957.

Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm

Louis Valiquette, Donald E Low, Jacques Pépin, Allison McGeer

Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm

Louis Valiquette et al. CMAJ. .
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Fig. 2: Increases in incidence, severity and relapses of CDAD, based on a poll of 58 infectious disease physicians across Canada.
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Fig. 1: New cases of nosocomial and community-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD; diagnosed by positive cytotoxin assay result) reported by the microbiology laboratory at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke.
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