Clinical application of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patients with diarrhea

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 669-674

  Morelli, Michael S ^a,b   Rouster, Susan D ^a   Giannella, Ralph A ^a   Sherman, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Indianapolis Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (United States)

Author keywords

EIA; enzyme immunoassay; PCR; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; EMPIRICISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3543006615     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00290-3     Document Type: Article

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