| Title |
Cost and Impact on Patient Length of Stay of Rapid Molecular Testing for Clostridium difficile
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Infectious Diseases and Therapy, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40121-014-0034-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernadette Sewell, Eugene Rees, Ian Thomas, Chin Lye Ch’ng, Mike Isaac, Nidhika Berry |
| Abstract |
A study was performed to assess the cost of a rapid molecular assay (PCR) for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and the impact of its routine use on patient length of stay (LOS) in comparison with cell culture cytotoxin neutralization assay (CCNA). |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 9% |
| Researcher | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 23% |
| Unknown | 4 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 9% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
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