Infection with the pathogen Clostridium difficile is a significant source of healthcare-associated infections and estimated to account for 12 percent of all HAIs in the U.S.1 C. diff infection is the ...
Clostridium difficile infection is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections in adults in the United States. Older Americans are especially vulnerable to CDI, 2 and this infection has ...
The high false-negative rate of EIA for C. difficile toxin apparently reflects nothing but the variability of a poor test. A better test is urgently needed. (The PCR test used in this study is ...