Yield from stool testing of pediatric inpatients

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-145

  Meropol, Sharon B ^a,d   Luberti, Anthony A ^b   De Jong, Allan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031043512     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170390032006     Document Type: Article

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