title: Impact of PCR testing for Clostridium difficile on incident rates and potential on public reporting: is the playing field level?
authors.forename: Kimberlee S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fatica
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Procop
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence