Using Dog Scent Detection as a Point-of-Care Tool to Identify Toxigenic Clostridium difficile in Stool

We evaluated the operating characteristics of 2 comparably trained dogs as a “point-of-care” diagnostic tool to detect toxin gene-positive Clostridium difficile. Although each dog could detect toxin gene-positive C difficile in stool specimens with sensitivities of 77.6 and 92.6 and specificities of...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Maureen T, McCready, Janine, Broukhanski, George, Kirpalaney, Sakshi, Lutz, Haydon, Powis, Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy179

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy179

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