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Antibiotic Stewardship and Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Franziska Nuila ,
Richard M. Cadle ,
Nancy Logan ,
Daniel M. Musher  and
Members of the Infectious Disease Section of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Franziska Nuila
Affiliation:
Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Richard M. Cadle
Affiliation:
Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Nancy Logan
Affiliation:
Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Daniel M. Musher*
Affiliation:
Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
*
Infectious Disease Section, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030 (daniel.musher@med.va.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , pp. 1096 - 1097
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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