Comparison of commercial molecular assays for toxigenic Clostridium difficile detection in stools: BD GeneOhm Cdiff, XPert C. difficile and illumigene C. difficile

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-85

  Viala, Céline ^a   Le Monnier, Alban ^b   Maataoui, Naouale ^b   Rousseau, Clotilde ^a   Collignon, Anne ^a   Poilane, Isabelle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diagnosis; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84861743930     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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