The rapid identification of Clostridium perfringens as the possible aetiology of a diarrhoeal outbreak using PCR

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1142-1146

  Loh, Jin Phang ^a   Liu, Y C ^a   Chew, S W ^a   Ong, E S ^b   Fam, J M ^b   Ng, Y Y ^b   Taylor, M B ^c   Ooi, E E ^a,c  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 47249158162     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009697     Document Type: Article

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