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. 2004 Jul 6;171(1):47-8.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1040836.

Clostridium difficile: a formidable foe

Vivian G Loo  1 , Michael D Libman, Mark A Miller, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Charles H Frenette, Mirabelle Kelly, Sophie Michaud, Tuyen Nguyen, Louise Poirier, Anne Vibien, Ruth Horn, Pierre J Laflamme, Pierre René
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Clostridium difficile: a formidable foe

Vivian G Loo et al. CMAJ. .
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