Relevance of indeterminate Clostridium difficile screening tests with detectable toxin genes: colonization or C. difficile disease?

Infect Dis (Lond). 2017 Jun;49(6):471-473. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1279746. Epub 2017 Jan 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins