Real-time cellular analysis coupled with a specimen enrichment accurately detects and quantifies Clostridium difficile toxins in stool.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 22, 2014

Authors

Bin Huang1, Dazhi Jin, Jing Zhang, Janet Y Sun, Xiaobo Wang, Jeffrey Stiles, Xiao Xu, Mini Kamboj, N Esther Babady, Yi-Wei Tang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

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