Comparison of two commercially available enzyme immunoassays for detection of Clostridium difficile in stool specimens.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 01, 1994

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S S Altaie1, P Meyer, D Dryja

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1: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo.

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