Usefulness of Fecal Calprotectin in the Management of Patients with Toxigenic <i>Clostridioides difficile</i>
The availability of highly sensitive molecular tests for the detection of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> in feces leads to overtreatment of patients who are probably only colonized. In this prospective study, the usefulness of fecal calprotectin (fCP) is evaluated in a cohort of patient...
Main Authors: | Cecilia Suarez-Carantoña, Argeme Rodriguez-Torres, Adrian Viteri-Noel, Vicente Pintado, Sergio Garcia-Fernandez, Daniel Mora-Pimentel, Rosa Escudero-Sanchez, Fuencisla Martin-Jusdado, Santiago Moreno, Javier Cobo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1627 |
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