Clostridium difficile

Bacteriology
Evaluation of a New Commercial TaqMan PCR Assay for Direct Detection of the Clostridium difficile Toxin B Gene in Clinical Stool Specimens
Paul D. Stamper, Wisal Babiker, Romina Alcabasa, Deborah Aird, Jennifer Wehrlin, Ijeoma Ikpeama, Linda Gluck, Karen C. Carroll
Bacteriology
Comparison of a Commercial Multiplex Real-Time PCR to the Cell Cytotoxicity Neutralization Assay for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infections
Haihui Huang, Andrej Weintraub, Hong Fang, Carl Erik Nord
Bacteriology
Comparison of a Rapid Molecular Method, the BD GeneOhm Cdiff Assay, to the Most Frequently Used Laboratory Tests for Detection of Toxin-Producing Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Feces
Gabriella Terhes, Edit Urbán, József Sóki, Enikő Nacsa, Elisabeth Nagy
Bacteriology
Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Clostridium difficile Toxin Detection Assays, a Real-Time PCR Assay for C. difficile tcdB, and a Glutamate Dehydrogenase Detection Assay to Cytotoxin Testing and Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods
Kerrie Eastwood, Patrick Else, André Charlett, Mark Wilcox
Bacteriology
Algorithm Combining Toxin Immunoassay and Stool Culture for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection
Bo-Moon Shin, Eun Young Kuak, Eun Joo Lee, J. Glenn Songer
Epidemiology
Clostridium difficile Strains from Community-Associated Infections
Brandi M. Limbago, Cherie M. Long, Angela D. Thompson, George E. Killgore, George E. Hannett, Nancy L. Havill, Stephanie Mickelson, Sarah Lathrop, Timothy F. Jones, Mahin M. Park, Kathleen H. Harriman, L. Hannah Gould, L. Clifford McDonald, Frederick J. Angulo
Epidemiology
Rapid Molecular Characterization of Clostridium difficile and Assessment of Populations of C. difficile in Stool Specimens
Danielle Wroblewski, George E. Hannett, Dianna J. Bopp, Ghinwa K. Dumyati, Tanya A. Halse, Nellie B. Dumas, Kimberlee A. Musser
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rapid Detection of Toxigenic Strains of Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Stools by Real-Time PCR
Frédéric Barbut, Mylena Braun, Béatrice Burghoffer, Valérie Lalande, Catherine Eckert
Bacteriology
Comparison of a Commercial Real-Time PCR Assay for tcdB Detection to a Cell Culture Cytotoxicity Assay and Toxigenic Culture for Direct Detection of Toxin-Producing Clostridium difficile in Clinical Samples
Paul D. Stamper, Romina Alcabasa, Deborah Aird, Wisal Babiker, Jennifer Wehrlin, Ijeoma Ikpeama, Karen C. Carroll
Bacteriology
Effective and Reduced-Cost Modified Selective Medium for Isolation of Clostridium difficile
Michelle M. Nerandzic, Curtis J. Donskey

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