Can rapid integrated polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostics for gastrointestinal pathogens improve routine hospital infection control practice? A diagnostic study

Can rapid integrated polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostics for gastrointestinal pathogens improve routine hospital infection control practice? A diagnostic study

Background: Every year approximately 5000–9000 patients are admitted to a hospital with diarrhoea, which in up to 90% of cases has a non-infectious cause. As a result, single rooms are ‘blocked’ by patients with non-infectious diarrhoea, while patients with infectious diarrhoea are still in open bay...

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Main Authors: Louise Pankhurst, Louissa Macfarlane-Smith, James Buchanan, Luke Anson, Kerrie Davies, Lily O’Connor, Helen Ashwin, Graham Pike, Kate E Dingle, Timothy EA Peto, Sarah Wordsworth, A Sarah Walker, Mark H Wilcox, Derrick W Crook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2014-08-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
diagnostic study
infection control
infectious diarrhoea
masscode
luminex
enterobacteriaceae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18530

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https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18530

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