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Multicenter Prevalence Study Comparing Molecular and Toxin Assays for Clostridioides difficile Surveillance, Switzerland

Authors :
Widmer, Andreas F.
Frei, Reno
Kuijper, Ed.J.
Wilcox, Mark H.
Schindler, Ruth
Spaniol, Violeta
Goldenberger, Daniel
Egli, Adrian
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases. October, 2020, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p2370, 8 p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Since its identification as a cause of antibiotic-associated pseudomembraneous colitis in 1978 (1), Clostridioides difficile has emerged as a major healthcare-associated pathogen worldwide. In the United States, C. difficile infection [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040
Volume :
26
Issue :
10
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.638989103
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.190804