Evaluation of the Xpert Clostridium diffcile assay for the diagnosis of Clostridium diffcile infection

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-358

  Shin, Saeam ^a   Kim, Minkyung ^a   Kim, Myungsook ^a   Lim, Heejung ^a   Kim, Heejung ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium diffcile; Enzyme immunoassay; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865976286     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.5.355     Document Type: Article

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