Spatial clustering and livestock exposure as risk factor for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.
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van Dorp, Sofie MHensgens, Marjolein P M
Dekkers, Olaf M
Demeulemeester, Ann
Buiting, Anton
Bloembergen, Peter
de Greeff, Sabine
Kuijper, Ed J
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Spatial clustering and livestock exposure as risk factor for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.Published in
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; advance online publication (ahead of print)Publiekssamenvatting
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.PMID
30076972ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.cmi.2018.07.018
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