Comparison of BD GeneOhm Cdiff real-time PCR assay with a two-step algorithm and a toxin A/B enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of toxigenic Clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Kvach, Elizabeth J ^a   Ferguson, David ^b   Riska, Paul F ^c   Landry, Marie L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CYTOTOXIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BD GENEOHM CDIFF REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURNAROUND TIME;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 73949154049     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01630-09     Document Type: Article

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