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Lack of Correlation between Bristol Stool Scale and Quantitative Bacterial Load in Clostridium difficile Infection
Decision to test for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is usually made when patients have loose stools with Bristol stool score of ≥5. We aimed to assess the relationship between bacterial load of C. difficile and Bristol stool scale, as well as stool frequency in stool samples collected from pa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Libertas Academica
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25780339 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S23079 |