The role of a sequencing-based clinical intestinal screening test in patients at high-risk for Clostridium difficile and other pathogens: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hospitalization and antibiotic treatment can put patients at high risk for Clostridium difficile infection, where a disturbance of the gut microbiome allows for Clostridium difficile proliferation and associated symptoms, including mild, moderate, or severe diarrhea. Clostridium difficil...

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Autores principales: Hitschfeld, Maureen, Tovar, Elena, Gupta, Sarah, Bik, Elisabeth M., Palmer, Christina, Hoaglin, Michael C., Almonacid, Daniel E., Richman, Jessica, Apte, Zachary S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1919-1

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