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Fatal Pseudomembranous Colitis Associated with a Variant <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Strain Not Detected by Toxin A Immunoassay

18 Sept 2001

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BACKGROUND: Many clinical laboratories use toxin A immunoassays to test for Clostridium difficile. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical course of a patient infected with a toxin variant strain of C. difficile that was not detected by toxin A immunoassay; to genetically characterize this strain; and to estimate the number of laboratories that use only toxin A immunoassays. DESIGN: Case report, molecular...

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PMID: 11560456
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-6-200109180-00012

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