Development and Evaluation of a PCR Method for Detection of the Clostridium difficile Toxin B Gene in Stool Specimens

A PCR assay detecting Clostridium difficile toxin B gene in stool specimens was compared to the cytotoxicity assay as the reference standard for the diagnosis of C. difficile antibiotic-associated diarrhea (CDAD). Overall, 118 stool samples were tested. All of the specimens that were negative by the...

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Autors principals: Guilbault, C., Labbé, A.-C., Poirier, L., Busque, L., Béliveau, C., Laverdière, M.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: American Society for Microbiology 2002
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Bacteriology
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130747/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12037113
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.6.2288-2290.2002
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