Clostridium difficile toxin and faecal lactoferrin assays in adult patients

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1827-1830

  Vaishnavi, Chetana ^a   Bhasin, Deepak ^a   Kochhar, Rakesh ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adjunct usage; Asymptomatic carriage; Clostridium difficile toxin; Faecal lactoferrin

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034500017     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)01343-5     Document Type: Article

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