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Reducing rates of Clostridium difficile infection by switching to a stand-alone NAAT with clear sampling criteria

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality but the optimal method of diagnosis for both patient management and infection prevention remains controversial. METHODS: Our hospital made a decision to switch from the use of toxin immunoassay to a stand-al...

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Autores principales: Casari, E., De Luca, C., Calabrò, M., Scuderi, C., Daleno, C., Ferrario, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0332-2