Performance of chromID Clostridium difficile agar compared with BBL C. difficile selective agar for detection of C. difficile in stool specimens

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 376-379

  Han, Sang Bong ^a   Chang, Jiyoung ^b   Shin, Sang Hyun ^b   Park, Kang Gyun ^b   Lee, Gun Dong ^b   Park, Yong Gyu ^c   Park, Yeon Joon ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ChromID C. difficile agar; Chromogenic agar; Clostridium difficile; Performance; Toxigenic culture

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; TIME;

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907400232     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.5.376     Document Type: Article

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