title: Importance of culture for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin from stool samples to report true incidence and mortality related to C. difficile in hospitals.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bayardelle
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015994:Incidence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; C041348:tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile; C031815:toxB protein, Clostridium difficile