Use of Heat Shock for Culturing Clostridium difficile from Rectal Swabs

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Journal Article Use of Heat Shock for Culturing Clostridium difficile from Rectal Swabs Get access Philip A. Hanff, Philip A. Hanff From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Philip A. Hanff, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Dori F. Zaleznik, Dori F. Zaleznik From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar K. Craig Kent, K. Craig Kent From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Marc S. Rubin, Marc S. Rubin From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Ellen Kelly, Ellen Kelly From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jane Cote, Jane Cote From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joann Rosol-Donoghue Joann Rosol-Donoghue From the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 16, Issue Supplement_4, June 1993, Pages S245–S247, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/16.Supplement_4.S245 Published: 01 June 1993