- Comparison of ChromID Agar and Clostridium difficile Selective Agar for Effective Isolation of C. difficile from Stool Specimens
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Shin BM, Lee EJ
- KMID: 1781354
- Ann Lab Med.
- 2014 Jan;34(1):15-19.
- doi: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.15
BACKGROUND: ChromID Clostridium difficile agar (IDCd; bioMerieux SA, France) is a recently developed chromogenic medium for rapid and specific isolation of C. difficile. We compared the performance of IDCd with... -
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- A Case of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia in a Patient with Loop Ileostomy
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Choi JL, Kim BR, Kim JE, Woo KS, Kim KH, Kim JM, Lee SE, Han JY
- KMID: 1781327
- Ann Lab Med.
- 2013 May;33(3):200-202.
- doi: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.3.200
Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, is the most common nosocomial pathogen causing pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile is not intrinsically invasive and rarely infects extraintestinal sites. The bacterium,... -
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- Evaluation of the Xpert Clostridium difficile Assay for the Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection
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Shin S, Kim M, Kim M, Lim H, Kim H, Lee K, Chong Y
- KMID: 1387350
- Ann Lab Med.
- 2012 Sep;32(5):355-358.
- doi: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.5.355
Infection with Clostridium difficile is a growing concern because of the increasing prevalence and spread of nosocomial infections. Emergence of the hypervirulent 027/NAP1/BI strain is also notable. Existing diagnostic methods... -
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- Performance of chromID Clostridium difficile Agar Compared with BBL C. difficile Selective Agar for Detection of C. difficile in Stool Specimens
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Han SB, Chang J, Shin SH, Park KG, Lee GD, Park YG, Park YJ
- KMID: 1791953
- Ann Lab Med.
- 2014 Sep;34(5):376-379.
- doi: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.5.376
We evaluated the performance of a new chromogenic medium for detection of Clostridium difficile, chromID C. difficile agar (CDIF; bioMerieux, France), by comparison with BBL C. difficile Selective Agar (CDSA;... -
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- Emergence of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Korea
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Kim H, Lee Y, Moon HW, Lim CS, Lee K, Chong Y
- KMID: 1735853
- Korean J Lab Med.
- 2011 Jul;31(3):191-196.
- doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.3.191
BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has markedly risen and is associated with hypervirulent ribotype 027 outbreaks in North America and Europe since 2003. The aims of this study were to... -
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