Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
Objective: The most common etiology of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients is Clostridium difficile. No single laboratory test yields a definitive diagnosis. Four methods were evaluated for their sensitivity and specificity in patients who had clinically defined C difficile-associated diarr...
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| author | Marilyn Binning Michael A John Berend C Schieven Thomas W Austin Robert Lannigan Zafar Hussain |
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| description | Objective: The most common etiology of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients is Clostridium difficile. No single laboratory test yields a definitive diagnosis. Four methods were evaluated for their sensitivity and specificity in patients who had clinically defined C difficile-associated diarrhea. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-231d344b3ed146da8aae61b62610079b2025-02-03T05:53:19ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321994-01-015416316710.1155/1994/804205Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated DiarrheaMarilyn Binning0Michael A John1Berend C Schieven2Thomas W Austin3Robert Lannigan4Zafar Hussain5Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, CanadaObjective: The most common etiology of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients is Clostridium difficile. No single laboratory test yields a definitive diagnosis. Four methods were evaluated for their sensitivity and specificity in patients who had clinically defined C difficile-associated diarrhea.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/804205 |
| spellingShingle | Marilyn Binning Michael A John Berend C Schieven Thomas W Austin Robert Lannigan Zafar Hussain Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea |
| title_full | Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea |
| title_short | Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea |
| title_sort | comparison of culture cytotoxin assay and two eia tests with clinical diagnosis of clostridium difficile associated diarrhea |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/804205 |
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