Evaluation of LIAISON® C. difficile glutamate dehydrogenase and LIAISON® C. difficile toxin A and B in Copan FecalSwabTM samples in a three-step algorithm for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

The presumptive laboratory diagnosis of <em>Clostridium</em> <em>difficile</em> infection is achieved by the means of the detection of a common antigen (glutamate dehydrogenase, GDH) in stool, then confirming the positives either by the detection of toxins A and B or by a mol...

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Main Authors: Massimo Oggioni, Alessandra Bielli, Alice Nava, Daniela Adele Pia Campisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/4953