Evaluation of a new molecular test, the BD Max Cdiff, for detection of toxigenic clostridium difficile in fecal samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3089-3090

  Le Guern, Rémi ^a   Herwegh, Stéphanie ^a   Grandbastien, Bruno ^a,b   Courcol, René ^a,b   Wallet, Frédéric ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TCDB GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865176393     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01250-12     Document Type: Article

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