Impact of PCR testing for Clostridium difficile on incident rates and potential on public reporting: is the playing field level?

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Sep;32(9):932-3. doi: 10.1086/661789.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Ohio / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Prevalence