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. 2012 Aug;56(8):4043-5.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00605-12. Epub 2012 May 21.

Sustained clinical response as an endpoint in treatment trials of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Stuart Johnson  1 , Dale N Gerding, Thomas J Louie, Nancy M Ruiz, Sherwood L Gorbach
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Sustained clinical response as an endpoint in treatment trials of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Stuart Johnson et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug.
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