Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization and rising C. difficile-associated disease rates - Koo, Hoonmo L; Van, John N; Zhao, Meina; Ye, Xunyan; Revell, Paula A; Jiang, Zhi-Dong; Grimes, Carolyn Z; Koo, Diana C; Lasco, Todd; Kozinetz, Claudia A; Garey, Kevin W; DuPont, Herbert L (Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Clostridium difficile - genetics; Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification; Cross Infection - diagnosis; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - diagnosis; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - epidemiology; Female; Hospitals, University; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - standards; Reproducibility of Results