Multicenter evaluation of four methods for Clostridium difficile detection: ImmunoCard C. difficile, cytotoxin assay, culture, and latex agglutination

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2718-2721

  Staneck, Joseph L ^a   Weckbach, Lana S ^a   Allen, Stephen D ^b   Siders, Jean A ^b   Gilligan, Peter H ^c   Coppitt, George ^c   Kraft, Jeffery A ^d   Willis, David H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d Meridian Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0029910553     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2718-2721.1996     Document Type: Article

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