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Stool cultures for nosocomial diarrhea: money down the drain?

The authors report on a modified “3-day rule” for limiting low-yield stool cultures obtained from hospitalized patients with nosocomial diarrhea. The modified rule addresses the two known weaknesses of the strict 3-day rule: immune-suppressed patients and nosocomial outbreaks of bacterial gastroente...

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Autores principales: Basta, Sameh A, Oldfield, Edward C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Am. Coll. of Gastroenterology. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7119391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12041064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04007-8