Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxin by Counterimmunoelectrophoresis: a Note of Caution
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 14 (3) , 349
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.14.3.349-349.1981
Abstract
Recent methods for detection of C. difficile toxin by counterimmunoelectrophoresis might lead to errors. False-positives may be attributable to soluble cell surface antigens reacting with impure antitoxin.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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