Usefulness of Fecal Calprotectin in the Management of Patients with Toxigenic <i>Clostridioides difficile</i>

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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
<i>Clostridioides difficile</i>
fecal calprotectin
<i>Clostridioides</i> infection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1627

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