Clostridium difficile infection diagnosis in a paediatric population: Comparison of methodologies

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1555-1564

  Hart, J ^a   Putsathit, P ^b   Knight, D R ^b   Sammels, L ^a   Riley, T V ^b   Keil, A ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOXITIN; CYCLOSERINE; CYTOTOXIN; FRUCTOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SCHOOL CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84906060930     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2108-9     Document Type: Article

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