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Differences in outcome according to Clostridium difficile testing method: a prospective multicentre diagnostic validation study of C difficile infection
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection is controversial because of many laboratory methods, compounded by two reference methods. Cytotoxigenic culture detects toxigenic C difficile and gives a positive result more frequently (eg, because of colonisation, which means that individual...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24007915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70200-7 |