Clostridium difficile stool shedding in infants hospitalized in two neonatal intensive care units is lower than previous point prevalence estimates using molecular diagnostic methods

• Main Authors: Andrea Green Hines (Author), Alison Freifeld (Author), Xing Zhao (Author), Ann Anderson Berry (Author), Lynne Willett (Author), Peter C. Iwen (Author), Kari A. Simonsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The point prevalence of Clostridium difficile stool shedding in hospitalized infants from two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) was examined utilizing standard clinical testing compared with duplex PCR to identify toxigenic and non-toxigenic C. difficile strains. Methods All...