Clostridium difficile toxins and severe C. difficile infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-354

  Johnson, Stuart ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXEMIA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TYPHLITIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; TOXEMIA;

EID: 84855889106     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir752     Document Type: Note

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