References

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References

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Fecal Transplantation for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile. NCBI website. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365524/. Accessed February 18, 2016.

Forbes BA, Sahm DF, Weissfeld AS, eds. Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology. 13th ed. Mosby; 2014.

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Healthcare-associated infections. CDC website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/hai/. February 18, 2016.

Vancomycin resistant Enterococci and the clinical laboratory. CDC website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/settings/lab/VREClinical-Laboratory.html. Accessed February 18, 2016.