Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Europe Miss Nearly 40,000 Cases of C. Difficile Infections Annually

Failure to diagnose or inadequate use of medical laboratory tests were cited by researchers as contributing to this situation. The European, multi-center, prospective, bi-annual point prevalence study of Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patients with diarrhea revealed that more than 39,000 cases of the hospital bug C. difficile go undetected each year.

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Study Estimates that Hospitals in Europe Miss Nearly 40,000 Cases of C. Difficile Infections Annually Due to Lack of Clinical Suspicion or Failure to Order a Clinical Laboratory Test

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