Evaluation of the new CE-IVD marked BD MAX Cdiff Assay for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile harboring the tcdB gene from clinical stool samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-60

  Verhoeven, Paul O ^a,b   Carricajo, Anne ^a,b   Pillet, Sylvie ^a,b   Ros, Alain ^b   Fonsale, Nathalie ^b   Botelho Nevers, Elisabeth ^a,b   Lucht, Frédéric ^a,b   Berthelot, Philippe ^a,b   Pozzetto, Bruno ^a,b   Grattard, Florence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

BD MAX Cdiff Assay; Clostridium difficile; PCR; Toxin B gene; Xpert C. difficile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84878201296     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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