Evaluation of the latex agglutination test for detection of Clostridium difficile.

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Published in Arch Pathol Lab Med on May 01, 1992

Authors

W F Kelly1, K J Wait, P H Gilligan

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill 27514.

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