Evaluation of the clinical usefulness of C. difficile toxin testing in hospitalized patients with diarrhea

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-173

  El Gammal, Ayman ^a   Scotto, Vincenzo ^a   Malik, S ^b   Casey, Kathleen C ^a,b   Cody, Ronald ^c   Alcid, David V ^a   Weinstein, Melvin P ^a,c  

^a Division of Allergy   (United States)

^b JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0034019411     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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