Clinical Characteristics of Symptomatic Clostridium difficile Infection in Children: Conditions as Infection Risks and Whether Probiotics Is Effective |
Na, Jae Yoon
(Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
Park, Jong Mo (Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Kyung Suk (Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Kang, Jung Oak (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Oh, Sung Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Kim, Yong Joo (Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine) |
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