Evaluation of a new molecular test, the BD Max Cdiff, for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in fecal samples
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Evaluation of a new molecular test, the BD Max Cdiff, for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in fecal samples
Journal
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2012
Volume
50
Number
9
Pages
3089-90
Language
english
Abstract
A new molecular assay detecting toxigenic Clostridium difficile, the BD Max Cdiff (Becton, Dickinson), was evaluated with 360 diarrheal feces samples. It exhibited high sensitivity (97.7%) and specificity (99.7%). The positive (97.7%) and negative (99.7%) predictive values of this test allow an accurate answer within 2 h.
Keywords
Bacterial Toxins/*metabolism, Bacteriological Techniques/*methods, Clostridium difficile/*isolation & purification, Clostridium Infections/*diagnosis/microbiology, Diarrhea/diagnosis/microbiology, Feces/*microbiology, Humans, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/*methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Sensitivity and Specificity, Time Factors
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