A new rapid method for clostridium difficile DNA extraction and detection in stool: Toward point-of-care diagnostic testing

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Freifeld, Alison G ^a   Simonsen, Kari A ^b   Booth, Christine S ^c   Zhao, Xing ^a   Whitney, Scott E ^c   Karre, Teresa ^d   Iwen, Peter C ^b   Viljoen, Hendrik J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LYSIS MICROREACTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84859571453     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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