Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxin A and B Genes from Stool Samples of Thai Diarrheal Patients by Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 970-975

  Wongwanich, Siripan ^a   Rugdeekha, Siriporn ^a   Pongpech, Pintip ^b   Dhiraputra, Chertsak ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 0345601850     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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