Rapid diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by multiplex real-time PCR

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1279-1285

  Barbut, F ^a,c   Monot, M ^b   Rousseau, A ^c   Cavelot, S ^a   Simon, T ^c   Burghoffer, B ^a   Lalande, V ^a   Tankovic, J ^a   Petit, J C ^a   Dupuy, B ^b   Eckert, C ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054733550     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1224-z     Document Type: Article

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