A comparison of culture methods and polymerase chain reaction in detecting Clostridioides difficile from hospital surfaces

. Environmental surveillance for is challenging. There are no internationally agreed recommendations on which method should be used when environmental surveillance is undertaken. . To compare the detection of by RT-PCR to culture-based methods and to determine which is more sensitive and specific in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical microbiology 2023-01, Vol.72 (1)
Hauptverfasser:	Grainger, Rachel J, Kearney, Aoife, Humphreys, Hilary, Stevens, Niall T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Toxins - analysis Clostridioides Clostridioides difficile - genetics Clostridium Infections - diagnosis Feces - chemistry Hospitals Humans Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Sensitivity and Specificity
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