C. Diff Quik Chek complete enzyme immunoassay provides a reliable first-line method for detection of Clostridium difficile in stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 603-605

  Quinn, Criziel D ^a   Sefers, Susan E ^a   Babiker, Wisal ^b   He, Ying ^a,c   Alcabasa, Romina ^b   Stratton, Charles W ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^b   Tang, Yi Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZURE STAINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; METHYLENE BLUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; XANTHENES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 75649108236     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01614-09     Document Type: Article

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