Comparison of two molecular methods for detecting toxigenic Clostridium difficile

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-31

  Soh, Yun Soo ^a   Yang, John Jeongseok ^a   You, Eunkyoung ^a   Jeon, You La ^a   Kim, Min Jin ^a   Nam, You Sun ^a   Cho, Sun Young ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES CULTURE; KOREA; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84897941142     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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