Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection

We evaluated toxigenic Clostridium difficile detection by a lateral flow assay for antigen and toxin, an enzyme immunoassay, and two commercial PCR methods. Compared to the cell cytotoxicity neutralization assay and toxigenic culture, both toxin detection methods lacked sensitivity. PCR following co...

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Main Authors: Swindells, Jonathan, Brenwald, Nigel, Reading, Nathan, Oppenheim, Beryl
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20032256
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01579-09
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