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Reduction in <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infections among Neurosurgical Patients Associated with Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for the Duration of External Ventricular Drain Placement

Timothy H. Dellit, Jeannie D. Chan, Charlotte Fulton, Ronald Pergamit, Elizabeth McNamara, Louis J. Kim, Richard G. Ellenbogen, John B. Lynch

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2014 · 39 citations · 7 references

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Reduction in Clostridium difficile Infections among Neurosurgical Patients Associated with Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for the Duration of External Ventricular Drain Placement - Volume 35 Issue 5

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