High Prevalence of Clostridium difficile Colonization among Nursing Home Residents in Hesse, Germany

• Mardjan Arvand ,

  * E-mail: mardjan.arvand@hlpug.hessen.de

  Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany

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• Vera Moser,

  Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany

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• Christine Schwehn,

  Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany

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• Gudrun Bettge-Weller,

  Affiliation Hesse State Health Office, Centre for Health Protection, Dillenburg, Germany

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• Marjolein P. Hensgens,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Ed J. Kuijper

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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