To the Editor: Slimings and colleagues suggest that strain typing of Clostridium difficile would give greater insight into the epidemiology of this infection in Australia,1 as it has in the United Kingdom,2 demonstrating less inhospital transmission than suspected in the past. We believe this to be the case.
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