Impact of PCR testing for clostridium difficile on incident rates and potential on public reporting:Is the playing field level?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 932-933

  Fong, Kimberlee S ^a   Fatica, Cynthia ^a   Hall, Geraldine ^a   Procop, Gary ^a   Schindler, Susan ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Fraser, Thomas G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OHIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80051713229     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661789     Document Type: Letter

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