Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and Meridian Bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 973-975

  Androga, Grace O ^a   McGovern, Alan M ^a   Elliott, Briony ^a   Chang, Barbara J ^a   Perkins, Timothy T ^a   Foster, Niki F ^a   Rileya, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CDT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMP SYSTEM; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923361060     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03297-14     Document Type: Article

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