Role of stool screening tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bacterial enteritis and in selection of specimens likely to yield invasive enteric pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1161-1165

  Silletti, Rodger P ^a   Lee, Grace ^b   Ailey, Edrick ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029984328     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1161-1165.1996     Document Type: Article

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