Evaluation of a new commercial TaqMan PCR assay for direct detection of the Clostridium difficile toxin B gene in clinical stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3846-3850

  Stamper, Paul D ^a   Babiker, Wisal ^b   Alcabasa, Romina ^b   Aird, Deborah ^b   Wehrlin, Jennifer ^b   Ikpeama, Ijeoma ^b   Gluck, Linda ^b   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CYCLOSERINE; FRUCTOSE;

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE CYTOTOXICITY NEUTRALIZATION ASSAY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 71549130737     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01490-09     Document Type: Article

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