On the difficulties of isolating Clostridium difficile from hospital environments

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis

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Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +12

Prevalence of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination and strain variability in multiple health care facilities

Erik R. Dubberke, Kimberly A. Reske, Judith Noble‐Wang et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2007 · 151 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +15

Clospore: A Liquid Medium for Producing High Titers of Semi-purified Spores of Clostridium difficile

Justo Perez, V. Susan Springthorpe, Syed A. Sattar · Journal of AOAC International · 2011 · 93 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Exploring Bacterial Diversity in Hospital Environments by GS-FLX Titanium Pyrosequencing

Margarita Poza, Carmen Gayoso, Manuel J. Gómez et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 83 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology +13

Innate resistance to sporicides and potential failure to decontaminate

Jean‐Yves Maillard · Journal of Hospital Infection · 2010 · 71 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Innate Immunity +10