Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sp Moore, Luke
• Donaldson, Hugo

Titel

Investigating Clostridium difficile

Ist Teil von

• British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005), 2013-10, Vol.74 Suppl 10 (Sup10), p.C146-C149

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Clostridium difficile is one of the leading health-care-associated infections in the UK and has a significant clinical and economic impact. Optimal laboratory testing for this pathogen is controversial and interpretation of results can lead to confusion. In the context of the clinical syndrome of C. difficile infection, this article reviews disease presentation, the diagnostic tests available, and their translation into information that can assist clinical management at the bedside.