Research article summary (published 29 Sep 2009):

Importance of culture for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin from stool samples to report true incidence and mortality related to C. difficile in hospitals.

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Author/s: Bayardelle, Paul (P);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 49 (issue 7) : pp 1134-5; author reply 1135

Dates: Created 2009/09/10; Completed 2009/11/02;

PMID: 19739961, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/2/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;48(5):568-76. (PMID: 19191641)

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Bacterial Proteins - analysis Bacterial Toxins - analysis Canada - epidemiology Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Cross Infection - diagnosis; epidemiology; mortality Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - diagnosis; epidemiology; mortality Enterotoxins - analysis

Enterotoxins - analysis Feces - chemistry; microbiology Hospitals Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Incidence Sensitivity and Specificity

Associated Chemicals: Bacterial Proteins (0) ; Bacterial Toxins (0) ; Enterotoxins (0) ; tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile (0) ; toxB protein, Clostridium difficile (0)

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