Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by toxigenic culture and PCR assay

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by toxigenic culture and PCR assay

Background and Objectives: Clostridium difficile is responsible for 15-25% of nosocomial antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) cases and all cases of pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile has two major virulence factors, toxin A (enterotoxin) and toxin B (cytotoxin). The aim of this study was to de...

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Main Authors: Elnaze Zare Mirzaei, Mahdi Rajabnia, Farzin Sadeghi, Elaheh Ferdosi-Shahandashti, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh, Soraya Khafri, Abolfazl Davoodabadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Antibiotic associated diarrhea
Clostridium difficile
PCR
Toxigenic culture
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/1672

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