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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2015 Jan 27;313(4):398–408. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.17103

Figure 1. Sample multistep algorithm for the rapid diagnosis of C. difficile infection.

Figure 1

Abbreviations: CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

Footnotes: Adapted under Creative Commons License from Rao K, Erb-Downward JR, Walk ST, et al. The Systemic Inflammatory Response to Clostridium difficile Infection. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(3):e92578.