Diagnostic testing for clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 737-738

  Deshpande, Abhishek ^a   Pasupuleti, Vinay ^a   Pant, Chaitanya ^b   Rolston, David D K ^c   Sferra, Thomas J ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES;

EID: 84883258888     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318295d4ec     Document Type: Letter

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