Clostridium Difficile in Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors and Impact on Postoperative Outcome
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- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 83 (4) , 1396-1402
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