How well does physician selection of microbiologic tests identify Clostridium difficile and other pathogens in paediatric diarrhoea? Insights using multiplex PCR-based detection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179.e9-179.e15

  Stockmann, C ^a   Rogatcheva, M ^b   Harrel, B ^b   Vaughn, M ^b   Crisp, R ^b   Poritz, M ^b   Thatcher, S ^b   Korgenski, E K ^c   Barney, T ^c   Daly, J ^a,c   Pavia, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Idaho Technology Inc   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Children; Clostridium difficile; FilmArray; Gastrointestinal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FECES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; NOROVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITES; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923052479     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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