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Detection of CDI: a suggested laboratory diagnostic algorithm
Detection of Clostridium difficile infection:
a suggested laboratory diagnostic algorithm
M. W. D. Wren, R. Kinson, M. Sivapalan, M. Shenko and N. P. Shetty
Clinical Microbiology and HPA Collaborating Centre,
University College London Hospital, London
............The study period was February to September 2008, during which a total of 1007 consecutive patients were evaluated, all of whom developed diarrhoea after being admitted to University College London Hospitals. All request forms indicated that infection with C. difficile was suspected. Available demographic data were recorded.
Liquid faecal samples submitted to the laboratory for C. difficile investigation were included in the study. Faecal samples that arrived in the laboratory more than 24 h after collection were excluded from the study.
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