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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....
Autores principales: | Herman, Dakoda J, Sarabia, Alicia, Chan, Helen, Graham, Christopher |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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