Incidence and characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolated from antibiotic-associated diarrhoeal patients: a prospective study in an Indian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-329

  Joshy, L ^a   Chaudhry, R ^a   Dhawan, B ^a   Kumar, L ^b   Das, B K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; cpe gene; Duplex PCR; Multiplex PCR; RPLA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33744535395     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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