Identification of a Clostridium difficile - Infection (CDI) Pseudo-outbreak and Impact of Repeated Testing, Sensitivity, and Specificity on Perceived Prevalence of CDI

OBJECTIVE: To describe a Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) pseudo-outbreak caused by a faulty toxin assay lot, and to determine the effect of sensitivity, specificity, and repeat testing for C. difficile on CDI burden, positive predictive value (PPV), and false positive results. DESIGN: Outbreak...

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Autori principali: Litvin, Marina, Reske, Kimberly A., RN, Jennie Mayfield, McMullen, Kathleen M., Georgantopoulos, Peter, Copper, Susan, Hoppe-Bauer, Joan E., Fraser, Victoria J., Warren, David K., Dubberke, Erik R.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598603/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19848606
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/648089
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