Clostridium difficile infection diagnosis in a paediatric population: comparison of methodologies

Clostridium difficile Infection Is Associated With Increased Risk of Death and Prolonged Hospitalization in Children

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Differences in outcome according to Clostridium difficile testing method: a prospective multicentre diagnostic validation study of C difficile infection

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High Proportion of False-Positive Clostridium difficile Enzyme Immunoassays for Toxin A and B in Pediatric Patients

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Clostridium difficile Testing Algorithms Using Glutamate Dehydrogenase Antigen and C. difficile Toxin Enzyme Immunoassays with C. difficile Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing Increase Diagnostic Yield in a Tertiary Pediatric Population

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Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States

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Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in pediatric stool samples: an evaluation of Quik Check Complete Antigen assay, BD GeneOhm Cdiff PCR, and ProGastro Cd PCR assays

(2011) Suresh B. Selvaraju et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Rapid Stool-Based Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection by Real-Time PCR in a Children's Hospital

(2011) R. A. Luna et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Clinical Symptoms on Interpretation of Diagnostic Assays for Clostridium difficile Infections

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Clostridium difficile in children: Colonisation and disease

(2011) David A. Enoch et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Evaluation of a simultaneous detection kit for the glutamate dehydrogenase antigen and toxin A/B in feces for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

(2011) Miki Kawada et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infections

(2010) J. Freeman et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Evaluation of the C.Diff Quik Chek Complete Assay, a New Glutamate Dehydrogenase and A/B Toxin Combination Lateral Flow Assay for Use in Rapid, Simple Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Disease

(2010) S. E. Sharp et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) T. Noren et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The role of glutamate dehydrogenase for the detection of Clostridium difficile in faecal samples: a meta-analysis

(2010) N. Shetty et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Clostridium difficile infection in Europe: a hospital-based survey

(2010) Martijn P Bauer et al.   LANCET

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

Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection

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

Presence of the Epidemic North American Pulsed Field Type 1 Clostridium Difficile Strain in Hospitalized Children

(2009) Philip Toltzis et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Epidemiological Features of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease Among Inpatients at Children's Hospitals in the United States, 2001-2006

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