Impact of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection among Hospitalized Adults at a District Hospital in Southern Taiwan

• Yuan-Pin Hung,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Pei-Jane Tsai,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Kuei-Hsiang Hung,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Chuan Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Experiment and Diagnosis, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chih-I Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Ju Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yi-Hui Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Jiunn-Jong Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko

  * E-mail: jjwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (J-JW); winston3415@gmail.com (W-CK)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Wen-Chien Ko

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko

  * E-mail: jjwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (J-JW); winston3415@gmail.com (W-CK)

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

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