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521. Clostridium difficile Timeout: A Nurse-Driven Protocol to Optimize Testing Stewardship
BACKGROUND: There remains a challenge in distinguishing colonization vs. infection with Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea. At our institution, despite effective antimicrobial stewardship efforts, C. difficile tests and positive infections remained high identifying a need for C. difficile tes...
Autores principales: | Hou, Cindy, Vyas, Nikunj, Kellum, Lea Ann, Miller, Mary, Flory, Ann Marie, Ali, Shereef |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255361/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.530 |
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