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June 1, 1994Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Ten Years of Prospective Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease Surveillance and Treatment at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1982–1991

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MOMary M. OlsonNorthwestern UniversityCSCarol J. ShanholtzerNorthwestern UniversityJLJames T. LeeRoyal North Shore Hospital

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a83d6ceb2bbd16e03473https://doi.org/10.1086/646934
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