Effect on diagnostic yield of repeated stool testing during outbreaks of Clostridium difficile- associated disease

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-624

  Debast, S B ^a,b   Van Kregten, E ^b   Oskam, K M G ^b   Van Den Berg, T ^a   Van Den Berg, R J ^c   Kuijper, E J ^c  

^a ST JANSDAL HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diagnostic yield; Diarrhoea; Immunoassay; Repeated tests; Toxin detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 43149125188     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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