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A.Al-T. designed this study. Wedad Saleem performed data analysis and drafted the manuscript. N. Al-A. provided assistance with data collection and manuscript revision. S.D. collected samples and clinical data, participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis. G.W. was involved in the concept and design of the study and he analysed the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Al-Thani AA, Hamdi WS, Al-Ansari NA, Doiphode SH. Polymerase chain reaction ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates in Qatar: a hospital-based study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014;14:502.
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Al-Thani, A.A., Hamdi, W.S., Al-Ansari, N.A. et al. Erratum: Polymerase chain reaction ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates in Qatar: a hospital-based study. BMC Infect Dis 15, 173 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0866-3
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