Evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2714-2716

  Lalande, Valérie ^a,b   Barrault, Laurence ^b   Wadel, Sophie ^b   Eckert, Catherine ^a,b   Petit, Jean Claude ^a,b   Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 79959856960     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01835-10     Document Type: Article

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