Clostridium difficile isolation and culture techniques

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 646, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-52

  Wren, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol shock; Cefoxitin Cycloserine Egg Yolk agar; Clostridium difficile; cytotoxin; enterotoxin; glutamate dehydrogenase; isolation

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS;

EID: 79958027409     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-365-7_3     Document Type: Article

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