International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Year: 2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page No. 7 - 9

Clostridium difficile Toxin in Adult Inpatients in an Urban Hospital in Malawi: Associations with HIV Status, CD4 Count and Diarrhoea

Authors : Michael B.J. Beadsworth, Alex J. Keeley, Paul Paul Roberts, Brian Farragher, Alastair Watson and Nick J. Beeching

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