Evolution of Testing Algorithms at a Tertiary Care Hospital for the Detection of Clostridium difficile Infections

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is the commonest cause of nosocomial diarrhea. Methods for C.difficle detection include toxins or enzyme detection by immunoassays, cytotoxicity neutralization assay (CCNA) or FDA approved PCR. Due to the tedious and time consuming nature...

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Autores principales: Qutub, Mohammed, Govindan, Parasanth, Vattappillil, Anupama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631215/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1587

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631215/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1587

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