A simple 3-step algorithm for improved laboratory detection of Clostridium difficile toxin without the need for tissue culture cytotoxicity neutralization assays

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-346

  Sharp, Susan E ^a   Ivie, W Michael ^a   Buckles, Misti R ^a   Coover, Diane M ^a   Pohl, Julie C ^a   Hatcher, Patricia A ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Simple 3 step algorithm; Toxin testing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67349149366     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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