Clostridium difficile testing algorithms: What is practical and feasible?

Anaerobe

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 270-273

  Schmidt, Monica L ^a   Gilligan, Peter H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Immunoassays; Rapid tests; Testing algorithm

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXINS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 70450228480     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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