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.
J Clin Microbiol
; 51(1): 278-80, 2013 Jan.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23052320
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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Assunto principal:
Clostridioides difficile
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Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular
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Fezes
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Carga Bacteriana
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article