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. 1980 Dec;12(6):796–798. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.6.796-798.1980

Clostridium difficile Toxin as a Confounding Factor in Enterovirus Isolation

Nathalie J Schmidt 1, Helen H Ho 1, Marjorie E Dondero 1
PMCID: PMC273701  PMID: 6273451

Abstract

A peculiar cytotoxic effect, occasionally encountered in the course of inoculating cell cultures with fecal specimens for routine enterovirus isolation attempts, was shown to be produced by Clostridium difficile toxin.

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