Evaluation of the cobas Cdiff Test for Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile in Stool Samples.

Peterson, Lance R; Young, Stephen A; Davis, Thomas E; Wang, Zi-Xuam; Duncan, John; Noutsios, Christopher; Liesenfeld, Oliver; Osiecki, John C; Lewinski, Michael A

Peterson, Lance R; Young, Stephen A; Davis, Thomas E; Wang, Zi-Xuam; Duncan, John; Noutsios, Christopher; Liesenfeld, Oliver; Osiecki, John C; Lewinski, Michael A.

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Peterson LR; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA lance1@uchicago.edu.
Young SA; Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico HSC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Davis TE; TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Wang ZX; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Duncan J; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Noutsios C; Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.
Liesenfeld O; Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.
Osiecki JC; Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.
Lewinski MA; Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.

J Clin Microbiol ; 55(12): 3426-3436, 2017 12.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28954901

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Bacterial Toxins/genetics; Clostridioides difficile/isolation & purification; Clostridium Infections/diagnosis; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Clostridioides difficile/genetics; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/methods; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Temperature; Young Adult

Key words

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI); active surveillance testing (AST); health care-associated infection; nucleic acid amplification test; toxin B (tcdB) gene

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacterial Toxins / Clostridioides difficile / Clostridium Infections / Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: J Clin Microbiol Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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