Clinical Characteristics and Cycle Thresholds Among Discordant and True Positive Test Results for Clostridiodes difficile

• Main Authors: Michael Rossi (Author), Emerald O'Rourke (Author), Sara Geffert (Author), Tao Hong (Author), Andrea Collins (Author), Tiffany L. Chargualaf (Author), Francine Romo Touzard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is challenging. Despite guideline-directed, multistep testing algorithms and diagnostic stewardship, the treatment of C. difficile colonization persists. The testing algorithm at our system utilizes an initial real-time PCR test (...