Cost and Impact on Patient Length of Stay of Rapid Molecular Testing for Clostridium difficile

INTRODUCTION: A study was performed to assess the cost of a rapid molecular assay (PCR) for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and the impact of its routine use on patient length of stay (LOS) in comparison with cell culture cytotoxin neutralization assay (CCNA). METHODS: From March...

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Autores principales: Sewell, Bernadette, Rees, Eugene, Thomas, Ian, Ch’ng, Chin Lye, Isaac, Mike, Berry, Nidhika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0034-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0034-x

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