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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Article
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Gyorke, Clare E. (Author)
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Title:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Volume/ Issue No.: 2013/JAN V.51 N.1
Call No.:616.0105 JCM Location: Periodicals & References Hall - 2nd floor
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p278-280
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Medical sciences
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Abstract |
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....
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Issu: 2013/JAN V.51 N.1
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