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Lack of false-positive results for Clostridioides difficile toxins A and B using two commercial enzyme immunoassays in pediatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2019

Aakash B. Balaji ,
Joseph S. Sichel  and
Larry K. Kociolek Open the ORCID record for Larry K. Kociolek [Opens in a new window]
Aakash B. Balaji
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Joseph S. Sichel
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Larry K. Kociolek*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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*Author for correspondence: Larry K. Kociolek, Email: larry-kociolek@northwestern.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 7 , July 2019 , pp. 825 - 826
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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