Lack of value of repeat stool testing for Clostridium difficile toxin

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mohan, Sowjanya S ^b   McDermott, Brian P ^b   Parchuri, Subha ^b   Cunha, Burke A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645218226     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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