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Management of Clostridium difficile Infection: Survey of Practices and Compliance with National Guidelines Among Primary Care Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gayle L. Byker ,
Marie T. Dinh ,
Naresh T. Gunaratnam ,
Eileen A. Robinson ,
Thomas M. Shehab  and
Anurag N. Malani
Gayle L. Byker
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Marie T. Dinh
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Naresh T. Gunaratnam
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Section of Gastroenterology, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Eileen A. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thomas M. Shehab
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Section of Gastroenterology, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Anurag N. Malani*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Section of Infectious Diseases, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
St. Joseph Mercy Health System, 5333 McAuley Drive, Suite 3106, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (malanian@umich.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 397 - 399
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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