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- Title
Utility of perirectal swab specimens for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection.
- Authors
Kundrapu, Sirisha; Sunkesula, Venkata C K; Jury, Lucy A; Sethi, Ajay K; Donskey, Curtis J
- Abstract
For 139 patients tested for Clostridium difficile infection by polymerase chain reaction, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of testing perirectal swabs vs stool specimens were 95.7%, 100%, 100%, and 99.1%, respectively. For selected patients, perirectal swabs provide an accurate toxigenic C. difficile detection strategy.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 11, p1527
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cis707