Impact of a division-wide bundle on hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile cases, antibiotic days of therapy, testing appropriateness, and associated financial costs

INTRODUCTION: Updated international guidelines recommend the use of a two-step algorithm (glutamate dehydrogenase [GDH] or nucleic-acid amplification test [NAAT] plus toxin) rather than NAAT alone for the diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infections. The goal of...

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Autores principales: Wang, Elizabeth Wenqian, Weekley, Ashlee, McCarty, Jennifer, Koo, Hoonmo, Lembcke, Bradley, Al Mohajer, Mayar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520786
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_193_19

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