| Literature DB >> 23804392 |
Kerin L Tyrrell1, Diane M Citron, Eliza S Leoncio, C Vreni Merriam, Ellie J C Goldstein.
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Cycloserine-cefoxitin fructose agar (CCFA), CCFA with horse blood and taurocholate (CCFA-HT), and cycloserine-cefoxitin mannitol broth with taurocholate and lysozyme (CCMB-TAL) were compared for recovery of Clostridium difficile from 120 stool specimens. Compared to CCFA, CCFA-HT enhanced C. difficile growth and improved recovery by 4%. In a separate study, 9% (8/91) of stool samples previously C. difficile negative on plate medium were C. difficile positive when cultured in CCMB-TAL.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23804392 PMCID: PMC3754669 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00879-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948