Comparison of chromid agar and clostridium difficile selective agar for effective isolation of c. difficile from stool specimens

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-19

  Shin, Bo Moon ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chromogenic agar; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium difficile selective agar; Culture

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOGENIC AGAR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE SELECTIVE AGAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

CHROMOGENIC AGAR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE SELECTIVE AGAR; CULTURE;

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 84893359881     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.15     Document Type: Article

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