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Mortality attributable to nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated disease during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain in Quebec
Jacques P&pin, Louis Valiquette and Benoit Cossette
CMAJ September 22, 2005 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050978
Jacques P&pin
Louis Valiquette
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Mortality attributable to nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated disease during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain in Quebec
Jacques P&pin, Louis Valiquette, Benoit Cossette
CMAJ Sep 2005, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050978
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