Using a dog’s superior olfactory sensitivity to identify Clostridium difficile in stools and patients: proof of principle study

Objective To investigate whether a dog’s superior olfactory sensitivity can be used to detect Clostridium difficile in stool samples and hospital patients. Design Proof of principle study, using a case-control design. Setting Two large Dutch teaching hospitals. Participants A 2 year old beagle train...

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Autores principales: Bomers, Marije K, van Agtmael, Michiel A, Luik, Hotsche, van Veen, Merk C, Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M J E, Smulders, Yvo M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e7396

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e7396

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