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. 1981 Jan 10;282(6258):109–110. doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6258.109

Fatal pseudomembranous colitis despite eradication of Clostridium difficile.

P C Hawker, K R Hine, D W Burdon, H Thompson, M R Keighley

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