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. 2011 Dec 8;140(10):1787–1793. doi: 10.1017/S0950268811002627

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Fig. 1 — C. difficile infections in Southern Germany (Bavaria) per 3 months between 2000 and 2009. Stool samples were examined at the Synlab Medical Care Center Weiden. Grey vertical bars represent winter (January–March) and spring (May–June) quarters; white vertical bars indicate summer (July–September) and autumn (October–December) quarters. (a) Number of patients examined for C. difficile toxin (Tcd) carriage. (b) Number of Tcd-positive patients. All=number of Tcd-positive inpatients (In) and outpatients (Out). (c) Proportion of Tcd-positive patients.