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2341. Effectiveness of Interventions Targeting Stewardship of Clostridium difficile Testing

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection. C. difficile PCR assays do not differentiate between colonization (seen in up to 21% of inpatients) and symptomatic disease, highlighting the importance of testing only symptomatic patients. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Sterling, Stephanie, Sarah, Hochman, Kappus, Natalie, Reed, Alexis, Kramer, Preston
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809662/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2019