Comparison of alcohol shock enrichment and selective enrichment for the isolation of Clostridium difficile

• Main Authors: Riley, T.V., Brazier, J.S., Hassan, H., Williams, K., Phillips, K.D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3583/1/Comparison_of_alcohol_shock_enrichment_and_selective_enrichment_broth_for_the_isolation_of_Clostridium_difficile.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3583/

Two enrichment methods were compared for their ability to recover Clostridium difficile from stool samples. One method used selective enrichment in an antibiotic-containing broth followed by detection with a latex particle agglutination (LPA) reagent. The other used enrichment in a non-selective bro...