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Spatial clustering and livestock exposure as risk factor for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.
van Dorp, Sofie M Hensgens, Marjolein P M Dekkers, Olaf M Demeulemeester, Ann Buiting, Anton Bloembergen, Peter de Greeff, Sabine Kuijper, Ed J
van Dorp, Sofie M
Hensgens, Marjolein P M
Dekkers, Olaf M
Demeulemeester, Ann
Buiting, Anton
Bloembergen, Peter
de Greeff, Sabine
Kuijper, Ed J
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en
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2018-08-01
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Spatial clustering and livestock exposure as risk factor for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.
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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; advance online publication (ahead of print)
Abstract
Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) account for 1.5% of diarrhoeic episodes in patients attending a general practitioner in the Netherlands, but its sources are unknown. We searched for community clusters to recognise localised point sources of CDI.