Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Diagnosis ofClostridium difficileInfections

The Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infections

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

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

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

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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

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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

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 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

Renewed interest in a difficult disease: Clostridium difficile infections – epidemiology and current treatment strategies

(2008) Lynne V McFarland   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Comparison of a Commercial Real-Time PCR Assay for tcdB Detection to a Cell Culture Cytotoxicity Assay and Toxigenic Culture for Direct Detection of Toxin-Producing Clostridium difficile in Clinical Samples

(2008) P. D. Stamper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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