Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: A plea for culture

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Delmée, Michel ^a   Van Broeck, Johan ^a   Simon, Anne ^a   Janssens, Michèle ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXIN ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 15544364761     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45844-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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