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142. When You Can't Call It Colonization, Consider Cutting It Out: Mitigating Panels of Unusual Size to Improve C. difficile Diagnostic Specificity
BACKGROUND: The BioFire® FilmArray® Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GIPP) tests for 22 potential pathogens in stool, including Clostridioides difficile. C. difficile nucleic acid is detected via nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting toxin A (TcdA) and/or toxin B (TcdB) genes. While PCR-b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678114/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.215 |