BMC Infectious Diseases

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UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.

Michelle J Alfa*, Christine Dueck, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagne, Selena Papetti, Alana Wald, Evelyn Lo and Godfrey Harding

BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:64 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-64

Pre-publication versions of this article and reviewers' reports

Original Submission - Version 1 Manuscript 04 Nov 2007
Reviewer's Report Susan Springthorpe 04 Jan 2008
Reviewer's Report Germano Salvatorelli 18 Jan 2008
Reviewer's Report Markus Dettenkofer 22 Jan 2008
Resubmission - Version 2 Manuscript Author's comment 05 Mar 2008
Reviewer's Report Markus Dettenkofer 12 Mar 2008
Resubmission - Version 3 Manuscript Author's comment 02 Apr 2008
Editorial acceptance 04 Apr 2008
Published 12 May 2008