Laboratory detection of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3856-3862

  Knight, Daniel R ^a   Squire, Michele M ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; ANIMAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PIG; PROCEDURES; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84908328525     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01225-14     Document Type: Article

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