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The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital

Alan J. Forster, Monica Taljaard, Natalie Oake, Kumanan Wilson, Virginia Roth and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110543
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Alan J. Forster, Monica Taljaard, Natalie Oake, Kumanan Wilson, Virginia Roth, Carl van Walraven
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