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Isolation and Identification of Clostridium difficile Using ChromID C. difficile Medium Combined With Gram Staining and PRO Disc Testing: A Proposal for a Simple Culture Process.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Park Kyung Sun, Ki Chang-Seok, Lee Nam Yong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: ChromID C. difficile agar (CDIF; bioMérieux, France), a chromogenic medium, allows for the isolation and identification of Clostridium difficile strains within 24 hr regardless of pretreatment of stool specimens with heat or alcohol shock. In the present study, we designed and evaluated a simple procedure for the implementation C. difficile cultures using CDIF medium in a tertiary hospital setting....
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