Comparison of Simplexa Universal Direct PCR with Cytotoxicity Assay for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection: Performance, Cost, and Correlation with Disease
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Comparison of Simplexa Universal Direct PCR with Cytotoxicity Assay for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection: Performance, Cost, and Correlation with Disease
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 275-280
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American Society for Microbiology
Online
2013-11-14
DOI
10.1128/jcm.02545-13
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