Nosocomial diarrhoea in the elderly due to enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 767-771

  Wada, Akihito ^a   Masuda, Yoshishige ^a   Fukayama, Makiko ^b   Hatakeyama, Tsutomu ^b   Yanagawa, Yoshitoki ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Inamatsu, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens; Nosocomial diarrhoea; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Reverse passive latex agglutination assay

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0029858214     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01139.x     Document Type: Article

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