Evaluation of a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of environmental contamination with Clostridium difficile
Authors:
- A. DeshpandeADA. Deshpande
- S. KundrapuSKS. Kundrapu
- V.C.K. SunkesulaVSV.C.K. Sunkesula
- J.L. CadnumJCJ.L. Cadnum
- D. FertelliDFD. Fertelli
- C.J. DonskeyCDC.J. Donskey
- 1 September 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 85 (1) , 76-78
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