Clostridium difficile stool shedding in infants hospitalized in two neonatal intensive care units is lower than previous point prevalence estimates using molecular diagnostic methods

BACKGROUND: The point prevalence of Clostridium difficile stool shedding in hospitalized infants from two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) was examined utilizing standard clinical testing compared with duplex PCR to identify toxigenic and non-toxigenic C. difficile strains. METHODS: All infants...

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Autores principales: Hines, Andrea Green, Freifeld, Alison, Zhao, Xing, Berry, Ann Anderson, Willett, Lynne, Iwen, Peter C., Simonsen, Kari A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29653526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1113-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29653526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1113-z

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