Clostridium difficile Toxin as a Confounding Factor in Enterovirus Isolation
AUTOR(ES)
Schmidt, Nathalie J.
RESUMO
A peculiar cytotoxic effect, occasionally encountered in the course of inoculating cell cultures with fecal specimens for routine enterovirus isolation attempts, was shown to be produced by Clostridium difficile toxin.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=273701Documentos Relacionados
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