Prospective evaluation of the Meridian Illumigene loop-mediated amplification assay and the Gen Probe ProGastro Cd polymerase chain reaction assay for the direct detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile from fecal samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Doing, Kirk M ^a,b   Hintz, Marilyn S ^a  

^a Affiliated Laboratory Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. difficile; Toxins A and B

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83055180757     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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