How to detect Clostridium difficile variant strains in a routine laboratory

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 417-420

  Rupnik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Detection; Diagnostics; Toxinotypes; Variant strains

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0035436299     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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