Evaluation of the Chromogenic agar chromID c. difficile

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1002-1004

  Eckert, Catherine ^a,c   Burghoffer, Béatrice ^a,c   Lalande, Valérie ^b,c   Barbut, Frederic ^a,b,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CYCLOSERINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOGENIC AGAR CHROMID; CLO MEDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES CULTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAUROCHOLATE CYCLOSERINE CEFOXITIN AGAR;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874088296     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02601-12     Document Type: Article

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