Problems Associated with Counterimmunoelectrophoresis Assays for Detecting Clostridium difficile Toxin
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 347-349
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.15.2.347-349.1982
Abstract
The antitoxins currently used for the detection of Clostridium difficile by counterimmunoelectrophoresis react with other C. difficile antigens in addition to the toxins produced by the bacterium.Keywords
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