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Changing Results to Change Results: Nudging Antimicrobial Prescribing for Clostridium difficile

BACKGROUND: Patients who test positive for Clostridium difficile by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), with a negative toxin enzyme immunoassay (EIA), are commonly colonized and do not require treatment. However, clinicians often treat based on a positive PCR result regardless of the toxin EIA result....

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Autores principales: Herman, Dakoda J, Sarabia, Alicia, Chan, Helen, Graham, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8176399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34095335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa605