TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in diarrheal stools by rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction
AU - Goldenberg, Simon D.
AU - Dieringer, Thomas
AU - French, Gary L.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - The Cepheid Xpert polymerase chain reaction assay (Sunnyvale, CA) had a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 96.7%, and positive and negative predictive values of 90.5% and 100%, respectively, compared with toxigenic culture for the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile in diarrheal stool samples. This test appears to be a significant improvement to poorly performing enzyme immunoassays. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - The Cepheid Xpert polymerase chain reaction assay (Sunnyvale, CA) had a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 96.7%, and positive and negative predictive values of 90.5% and 100%, respectively, compared with toxigenic culture for the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile in diarrheal stool samples. This test appears to be a significant improvement to poorly performing enzyme immunoassays. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.019
DO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.019
M3 - Article
VL - 67
SP - 304
EP - 307
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 3
ER -
