Poor yield of Clostridium difficile testing algorithms using glutamate dehydrogenase antigen and C. difficile toxin enzyme immunoassays in a pediatric population with declining prevalence of clostridium difficile strain BI/NAP1/027

We compared the performance of algorithmic Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) diagnosis with four molecular tests in children. Stool samples in patients 1-18 years old were tested with an algorithm (C. Diff Quik Chek Complete (QCC) reflexed to illumigene C. difficile); AmpliVue C. difficile (ACD)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2018-07, Vol.91 (3), p.229-232
Hauptverfasser: Gomez, Emily J., Montgomery, Sandra, Alby, Kevin, Robinson, Diana P., Roundtree, Sylvester S., Blecker-Shelly, Deborah, Sullivan, Kaede V.
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