Two-step testing for C. difficile: No answers yet

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-326

  Planche, T D ^a   Wilcox, M H ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ALGORITHM; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954541598     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.030     Document Type: Letter

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