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2355. The Association Between Diagnostic Testing Method and Clostridium difficile Infection Severity

BACKGROUND: The optimal diagnostic strategy for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is not known, and no test is shown to clearly differentiate colonization from symptomatic infection. We hypothesized that detection and/or quantification of stool toxins would associate with severe disease and adve...

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Autores principales: Menon, Anitha, Perry, Donald A, Motyka, Jonathan, Weiner, Shayna, Standke, Alexandra, Penkevich, Aline, Keidan, Micah, Young, Vincent B, Rao, Krishna
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/PMC6810784/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2033