Impact of clinical awareness and diagnostic tests on the underdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

A multicenter study of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) performed during 2008 in Spain revealed that two of every three episodes went undiagnosed or were misdiagnosed owing to nonsensitive diagnostic tests or lack of clinical suspicion and request. Since then, efforts have been made to improve...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2015-08, Vol.34 (8), p.1515-1525
Hauptverfasser:	Alcalá, L., Reigadas, E., Marín, M., Martín, A., Catalán, P., Bouza, E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Awareness Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Child Child, Preschool Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Clostridium Infections - diagnosis Clostridium Infections - microbiology Cross-sectional studies Diagnostic Errors Diagnostic tests Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods Diarrhea - chemically induced Diarrhea - diagnosis Diarrhea - microbiology Female Hospitals Humans Infections Infectious diseases Internal Medicine Laboratories Laboratory Proficiency Testing Male Medical Microbiology Microbiology Middle Aged Questionnaires Spain Young Adult
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