{"id":802,"date":"2019-04-11T22:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icpic.com\/icpic-2019\/?p=802"},"modified":"2019-07-24T20:18:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:18:58","slug":"mcdonald-clifford-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icpic.com\/icpic-2019\/mcdonald-clifford-us\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald, Clifford (US)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>CDC<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. L.Clifford McDonald is an internationally recognized expert on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance, with particular expertise in the epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections. He is the author or co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on these subjects. 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