Gas chromatographic identification of Clostridium difficile and detection of cytotoxin from a modified selective medium.
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- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 38 (1) , 82-85
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.38.1.82
Abstract
A modification of an existing selective medium for Clostridium difficile is described. Inclusion in the medium of DL nor-leucine and p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid enables identification of C difficile to be made directly from primary isolation plates by gas chromatographic detection of caproic acid and p-cresol. Plugs of agar withdrawn from the selective medium also allow the detection of cytotoxin production in vitro.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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