IMPACT OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE REPORTING ON ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY DAYS DIRECTED AT TREATMENT OF C. DIFFICILE INFECTIONS

Impact of Clostridioides difficile Reporting on Antimicrobial Therapy Days Directed at Treatment of C. difficile Infections

Background: Previous studies have found that solely relying on molecular testing is likely to result in the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of C.difficile infections (CDI).Comparable outcomes have been demonstrated in patients with a positive molecular test (C.difficile PCR) result and a negative toxin immunoassay (C.difficile toxin) compared to pa

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