Comparison of two commercial molecular tests for the detection of Clostridium difficile in the routine diagnostic laboratory

Reevaluation of the Premier Clostridium difficile toxin A and B immunoassay with comparison to glutamate dehydrogenase common antigen testing evaluating Bartels cytotoxin and Prodesse ProGastro™ Cd polymerase chain reaction as confirmatory procedures

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Clostridium difficileTesting in the Clinical Laboratory by Use of Multiple Testing Algorithms

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Rapid and Sensitive Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for Clostridium difficile Detection Challenges Cytotoxin B Cell Test and Culture as Gold Standard

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Comparison of Real-Time PCR Techniques to Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods for Diagnosing Clostridium difficile Infection

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Evaluation of the Cepheid XpertClostridium difficileEpi Assay for Diagnosis ofClostridium difficileInfection and Typing of the NAP1 Strain at a Cancer Hospital

(2010) N. Esther Babady et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Strain Type on Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile: Comparison of Molecular Diagnostic and Enzyme Immunoassay Approaches

(2010) F. C. Tenover et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Data review and recommendations for diagnosing Clostridium difficile-infection (CDI)

(2009) M.J.T. Crobach et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Comparison of BD GeneOhm Cdiff Real-Time PCR Assay with a Two-Step Algorithm and a Toxin A/B Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of ToxigenicClostridium difficileInfection

(2009) Elizabeth J. Kvach et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Clostridium difficile Toxin Detection Assays, a Real-Time PCR Assay for C. difficile tcdB, and a Glutamate Dehydrogenase Detection Assay to Cytotoxin Testing and Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods

(2009) K. Eastwood et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection

(2009) J. Swindells et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of a Rapid Molecular Method, the BD GeneOhm Cdiff Assay, to the Most Frequently Used Laboratory Tests for Detection of Toxin-Producing Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Feces

(2009) G. Terhes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of a Commercial Multiplex Real-Time PCR to the Cell Cytotoxicity Neutralization Assay for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infections

(2009) H. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Molecular Characterization of Clostridium difficile and Assessment of Populations of C. difficile in Stool Specimens

(2009) D. Wroblewski et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Detection of Toxigenic Strains of Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Stools by Real-Time PCR

(2009) F. Barbut et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of a New Commercial TaqMan PCR Assay for Direct Detection of the Clostridium difficile Toxin B Gene in Clinical Stool Specimens

(2009) P. D. Stamper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

(2009) Maja Rupnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by toxin detection kits: a systematic review

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