Diagnosing Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea using enzyme immunoassay: the clinical significance of toxin negativity in glutamate dehydrogenase-positive patients

PURPOSE: The enzyme immunoassay (EIA) has lower sensitivity for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B than the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD). Furthermore, toxin positivity with EIA performed on C. difficile isolates from stool cultures may be ob...

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Autores principales: Yuhashi, Kazuhito, Yagihara, Yuka, Misawa, Yoshiki, Sato, Tomoaki, Saito, Ryoichi, Okugawa, Shu, Moriya, Kyoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313472
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S105429

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