Healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Romania
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2021-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X (formerly 1220-4749) | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 409 - 415
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2021
Published online: Nov 20, 2021
Published in print: Dec 1, 2021
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