Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for In Vivo Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Associated Colitis - A Pilot Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Neumann, Helmut ^a   Günther, Claudia ^a   Vieth, Michael ^b   Grauer, Martin ^a   Wittkopf, Nadine ^a   Mudter, Jonas ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Schoerner, Christoph ^a   Atreya, Raja ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875120890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058753     Document Type: Article

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