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Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Chaitanya Pant ,
Thomas J. Sferra ,
Abhishek Deshpande ,
Mojtaba Olyaee ,
Richard Gilroy ,
Michael P. Anderson  and
Curtis Donskey
Chaitanya Pant*
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Thomas J. Sferra
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
Abhishek Deshpande
Affiliation:
Medicine Institute Center for Value Based Care Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; and Department of Infectious Diseases, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Mojtaba Olyaee
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Richard Gilroy
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Michael P. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Curtis Donskey
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160 (pant55@yahoo.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 12 , December 2014 , pp. 1547 - 1548
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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