Isolation and identification of Clostridium difficile using ChromID C. difficile medium combined with Gram staining and PRO disc testing: A proposal for a simple culture process

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 404-409

  Park, Kyung Sun ^a,b   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Culture; Isolation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROTOXIN; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PHENAZINES; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84933514156     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.4.404     Document Type: Article

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