Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hematologic Malignancy Patients with Clostridium difficile Toxin EIA vs. PCR Positive Test Results

BACKGROUND: C. difficile infection is common in patients with hematologic malignancy. There is increasing recognition that molecular (polymerase chain reaction, PCR) based testing lacks specificity for infection, while detecting patients with colonization. The objective of our study was to evaluate...

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Autores principales: Ziegler, Matthew, Landsburg, Daniel, Pegues, David, Alby, Kevin, Gilmar, Cheryl, Bink, Kristen, Gorman, Theresa, Moore, Amy, Han, Jennifer
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/PMC5631230/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.987

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