The new Clostridium difficile -: What does it mean?

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Bartlett, JG [1 ]
Perl, TM [1 ]
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[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 2005年 / 353卷 / 23期
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10.1056/NEJMe058221
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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