Abstract
We evaluated a single membrane device assay for simultaneously detecting both Clostridium difficile glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and toxin A/B antigens against a standard that combines two PCR assays and cytotoxigenic culture. Results showing dual GDH and toxin A/B antigen positives and negatives can be reported immediately as true positives and negatives, respectively. Specimens with discrepant results for GDH and toxins A/B, which comprised 13.2% of the specimens, need to be retested.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 603-605 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)