Technical methods. Improved gas-liquid chromatography method for the identification of clostridium difficile

Abstract

This work presents data on the efficiency of different extraction procedures for a simple one stage extraction technique to remove short chain fatty acids and p-cresol from Clostridium difficile culture broth. A gas-liquid chromatography technique has been developed which enables estimation of p-cresol and short chain fatty acids with greater certainty and in a much shorter time than in the previously published method.