Diagnosis of clostridium difficile infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1675-1676

  Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Stager, Charles ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; REAGENT;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861055516     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis259     Document Type: Letter

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