Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A/B genes by multiplex real-time PCR for the diagnosis of C. difficile infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-277

  Kim, Heejung ^a   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^a   Kim, Myungsook ^a   Lee, Yangsoon ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862928801     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.035618-0     Document Type: Article

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