Cost-effective screening of pooled faecal specimens from patients with nosocomial diarrhoea for Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-59

  Vaishnavi, C ^a   Singh, G ^a   Singh, K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

C. perfringens enterotoxin; cost effective method; nosocomial diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; ENTEROTOXIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 79951996078     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.76526     Document Type: Article

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