PCR Cycle-Threshold-Derived Toxin Identifies Patients at Low-Risk for Complications of C. difficile Infection Who Do Not Require Treatment
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1287. Differences in Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Community-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection who Tested Positive by EIA Compared with NAAT through a Two-Step Algorithm Erin C. Phipps, DVM, MPH; Nicole Kenslow, MPH; Ioan Belovarski, MD, MPH and Emily B. Hancock, MS; New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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