Evaluation of nested polymerase chain reaction and immunoassay for rapid diagnosis of clostridium difficile in children with community acquired diarrhea

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 321-326

  Elewa, Ahmed ^a   Sayed Zaki, Maysaa El ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Community acquired diarrhea; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RAPID TEST; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; EGYPT; FECES; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORKFLOW;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85016329413     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2016.160606     Document Type: Article

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