Rapid detection of Clostridium difficile toxins from stool samples using real-time multiplex PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1350-1356

  Pallis, Ann ^a   Jazayeri, Jalal ^b   Ward, Peter ^a   Dimovski, Karolina ^c   Svobodova, Suzanne ^a  

^a Austin Pathology   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Microbiology Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN C; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FECES; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881599337     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.058339-0     Document Type: Article

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