2356. Increased Clinical Specificity with Ultrasensitive Detection of Clostridioides difficile Toxins: Reduction of Overdiagnosis Compared with Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections, resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. Diagnosis of CDI relies on the assessment of clinical presentation and laboratory tests. We have evaluated the clinical...

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Autores principales: Sandlund, Johanna, Estis, Joel, Katzenbach, Phoebe, Nolan, Niamh, Hinson, Kirstie, Herres, Jennifer, Pero, Troy, Peterson, Gwyn, Schumaker, Jeung-Mi, Stevig, Craig, Warren, Rhonda, West, Tsubasa, Chow, Siu-Kei
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/PMC6809751/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2034

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