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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 Plugs of agar withdrawn from the selective medium also allow the detection of cytotoxin production in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3968212 PMCID: PMC499077 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.38.1.82
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411