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Clinical significance of a positive Clostridioides difficile glutamate dehydrogenase test on the outcomes of hospitalized older patients.

Yohsuke NagayoshiKazuko YamamotoShuntaro SatoNaofumi SuyamaTakuya IzumikawaKinichi IzumikawaTaiga MiyazakiKoichi IzumikawaKatsunori YanagiharaHiroshi Mukae
Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2020)
Glutamate dehydrogenase was closely related to in-hospital mortality and prolonged hospitalization compared with Clostridioides difficile toxin. Clinicians should not neglect glutamate dehydrogenase-positive patients, even when they are Clostridioides difficile toxin-negative, and consider them as having poor prognostic potential. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; 20: 1138-1144.
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