Multicenter evaluation of the Clostridium difficile TOX A/B TEST.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 01, 1998

Authors

D M Lyerly1, L M Neville, D T Evans, J Fill, S Allen, W Greene, R Sautter, P Hnatuck, D J Torpey, R Schwalbe

Author Affiliations

1: TechLab, Inc., Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA. techlab@bev.net

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