Evaluation of a simultaneous detection kit for the glutamate dehydrogenase antigen and toxin A/B in feces for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 807-811

  Kawada, Miki ^a   Annaka, Megumi ^a   Kato, Haru ^b   Shibasaki, Sumie ^a   Hikosaka, Keiko ^a   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^a   Masuda, Yoshishige ^a   Inamatsu, Takashi ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile culture; Clostridium difficile infection; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Laboratory diagnosis; Toxin A; Toxin B

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855289115     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0267-5     Document Type: Article

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