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Research Article

The Role of Clostridium difficile in Childhood Nosocomial Diarrhea

Funda Oĝuz Department of General Pediatrics, Ankara Children's Hospital, Social Security Institution, Ankara, Turkey
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Gülnar Uysal Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara Children's Hospital, Social Security Institution, Ankara, Turkey
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Serap Daşdemir Department of General Pediatrics, Ankara Children's Hospital, Social Security Institution, Ankara, Turkey
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Hülya Oskovi Department of Microbiology, Ankara Children's Hospital, Social Security Institution, Ankara, Turkey
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Sadi Vidinlisan Department of General Pediatrics, Ankara Children's Hospital, Social Security Institution, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 731-733 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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