Loop-mediated isothermal amplification compared to real-time PCR and enzyme immunoassay for toxigenic clostridium difficile detection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 640-645

  Boyanton, Bobby L ^a,b   Sural, Preethi ^a   Loomis, Caroline R ^a   Pesta, Christine ^a   Gonzalez Krellwitz, Laura ^a   Robinson Dunn, Barbara ^a,b   Riska, Paul ^c  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CREATININE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXIGENIC CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84857432713     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01014-11     Document Type: Article

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