Comparison of Analytical and Clinical Performance of Three Methods for Detection of Clostridium difficile

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-531

  La Sala, P Rocco ^a   Svensson, Annika M ^a   Mohammad, Amin A ^a,b   Perrotta, Peter L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860580167     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0305-OA     Document Type: Article

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