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Clostridium difficile Infection in the Republic of Ireland: Results of a 1-Month National Surveillance and Ribotyping Project, March 2009

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Karen Burns ,
Mairead Skally ,
Katie Solomon ,
Louise Scott ,
Sinead McDermott ,
Darina O'Flanagan ,
Seamus Fanning ,
Lorraine Kyne ,
Lynda Fenelon  and
Fidelma Fitzpatrick
Karen Burns*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Mairead Skally
Affiliation:
Health Protection and Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Katie Solomon
Affiliation:
Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Louise Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Sinead McDermott
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Darina O'Flanagan
Affiliation:
Health Protection and Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Seamus Fanning
Affiliation:
Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Lorraine Kyne
Affiliation:
The Department of Medicine for the Older Person, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Lynda Fenelon
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Fidelma Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Health Protection and Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Microbiology Laboratory, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland (burnskaren@yahoo.co.uk)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1085 - 1087
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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