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Publication type: Article
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| Title: |
Evaluation of Clostridium difficile Fecal Load and Limit of Detection during a Prospective Comparison of Two Molecular Tests, the illumigene C. difficile and Xpert C. difficile/Epi Tests
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| Author(s): |
Gyorke,Clare E.
(Author)
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| Source Journal Info. |
Title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Issue Number:2013/JAN V.51 N.1
Call No.:616.0105 JCM
Location: References & Periodical Hall - 2nd floor
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| Physical Description: |
p278-280
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| Subject Area: |
Medical sciences
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| Subject Terms: |
Medical microbiology
Bacteriology
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| Accession Number |
100736
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Abstract
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In a large prospective comparison, the illumigene test detected Clostridium difficile in 98% of toxin-positive and 58% of toxin-negative samples confirmed positive by other methods. The Xpert was uniformly sensitive. Most samples with discrepant results had C. difficile concentrations below the illumigene limit of detection. The significance of low-level C. difficile detection needs investigation. ...
Abstract URL:http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/1/278.abstract
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