Predictive factors of Clostridioides difficile infection in hospitalized patients with new diarrhea: A retrospective cohort study.

<h4>Introduction and objective</h4>Diagnostic testing for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) cannot distinguish between colonization and infection. A positive NAAT may therefore represent a false positive for infection, since diarrhea due t...

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Main Authors: Koray K Demir, Matthew P Cheng, Todd C Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207128