Affiliation:
1. Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals, and Departments of Microbiology-Immunology and Pathology-Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A two-step algorithm for the detection of
Clostridium difficile
by the use of C. Diff Quik Chek (TechLab, Blacksburg, VA) and a tissue culture cytotoxicity neutralization assay was found to be more sensitive than the widely used solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA), the Premier toxin A and B EIA (Meridian Bioscience, Cincinnati, OH), and a newly developed, rapid single-test EIA for
C. difficile
toxins A and B (Tox A/B Quik Chek; TechLab).
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Reference21 articles.
1. Narrative Review: The New Epidemic of Clostridium difficile–Associated Enteric Disease
2. Barbut, F., V. Lalande, G. Daprey, P. Cohen, N. Marle, B. Burghoffer, and J. C. Petit. 2000. Usefulness of simultaneous detection of toxin A and glutamate dehydrogenase for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diseases. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis.19:481-484.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2006. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006. MMWR Recommend. Rep.55:1-94.
4. College of American Pathology. 2006. D-B bacteriology: sample D-13, p.9. College of American Pathology, Northfield, IL.
5. Delmee, M., J. Van Broeck, A. Simon, M. Janssens, and V. Avesani. 2005. Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: a plea for culture. J. Med. Microbiol.54:187-191.
Cited by
78 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献