Evaluation of biosite triage Clostridium difficile panel for rapid detection of Clostridium difficile in stool samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1855-1858

  Landry, M L ^a   Topal, J ^a   Ferguson, D ^a   Giudetti, D ^a   Tang, Y ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035010401     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1855-1858.2001     Document Type: Article

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