Comparison of qPCR versus culture for the detection and quantification of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination

• Laura K. MacDougall ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: laurakgreenfield@gmail.com

  Affiliation Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6255-4223

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• George Broukhanski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Andrew Simor,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Sunnybrooke Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jennie Johnstone,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Samira Mubareka,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Sunnybrooke Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Allison McGeer,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mt. Sinai Healthcare System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Nick Daneman,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sunnybrooke Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Gary Garber,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Kevin A. Brown

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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