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1663. Clostridioides difficile testing following 18706 Pediatric Procedures: Implications for Diagnostic Stewardship

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) poses a risk to surgical patients and antibiotic exposure may contribute to non-infectious diarrhea and unnecessary C diff testing (CDT). Our study evaluates the burden of CDT and CDI in children undergoing procedures with preoperative antibiotic...

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Autores principales: Negi, Ruchita, Deshpande, Abhishek, Arakoni, Venkatraman, Foster, Charles B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10677382/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1496