Laboratory diagnosis of toxigenic Clostridium difficile by polymerase chain reaction: Presence of toxin genes and their stable expression in toxigenic isolates from Japanese individuals

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a   Nojiri, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Maegawa, Tsuneo ^a   Yamakawa, Kiyotaka ^a   Wang, Xing Min ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Cytotoxicity; Definitive diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0032989428     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050214     Document Type: Article

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