Comparison of Three Commercial Methods for Rapid Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B from Fecal Specimens

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  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

• Publication date

  2008-09-10

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/JCM.01060-08PMID 18784313PMCID PMC2576614
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