Using a dog's superior olfactory sensitivity to identify Clostridium difficile in stools and patients: Proof of principle study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7888, 2012, Pages

  Bomers, Marije K ^a   Van Agtmael, Michiel A ^a   Luik, Hotsche ^b   Van Veen, Merk C ^c   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a   Smulders, Yvo M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Behaviour and Cognition   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DOG; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; DOGS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMELL;

EID: 84872067731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7396     Document Type: Article

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