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E. coli or E coli - LadyTypesALot
Posted: May 10, 2013
Seems I read or was told to drop the period and just type C diff, E coli, H pylori, etc., but I cannot find a source that says so. I thought maybe BOS 3rd addition change, but now I cannot find it there. I googled and ncbi and mediLexicon show C diff without a period, but everything else is with. 
There ris supposed to be a period - but...
[ In Reply To ..]The ASR we use leaves the period off, because the period auto-caps the following letter, and where I work, we decided it's not worth the trouble to change it.
However, you probably should check with your place of work. There really should be a period there, but maybe they don't want one.
Thank you - LadyTypesALot
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E coli - hammaga
[ In Reply To ..]From BOS-2
abbreviations
In a second reference to a genus-species term, the genus name may be abbreviated as a single letter without a period. (Note: Some references use a period, but AAMT recommends dropping it.) A longer abbreviation may be used to avoid confusion.
S aureus
or Staph aureus Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription
I knew I had seen that before, - LadyTypesALot
[ In Reply To ..]So I'm not crazy after all. Thank you!
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