Diagnostic yield of repeat sampling with immunoassay, real-time PCR, and toxigenic culture for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an epidemic and a non-epidemic setting

Current international guidelines lack definite conclusions regarding repeat stool sampling for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile. We assessed the value of repeat sampling and compared the diagnostic yield in an epidemic to a non-epidemic setting. Consecutive fecal samples obtained dur...

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Autores principales: van Prehn, J., Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C. M. J. E., van Beurden, Y. H., van Houdt, R., Vainio, S., Ang, C. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2484-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2484-9

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