EditorialLaboratory tests for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection: Past, present, and futurePruebas de laboratorio para el diagnóstico de la infección por Clostridium difficile: pasado, presente y futuro
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Funding
This study was partially financed by grants from Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa C/03/14 (REIPI) and Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS 2007/PI-0770869).
Acknowledgment
I thank Tom O’Boyle for his help in the preparation of the manuscript.
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