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Clinical comparison of Simplexa universal direct and BD GeneOhm tests for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in stool samples.
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Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2014 Jan; Vol. 52 (1), pp. 281-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Nov 06. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We compared the performance characteristics of the Simplexa universal direct (Focus Diagnostics, Cypress, CA) and BD GeneOhm (BD Diagnostics/GeneOhm Sciences, San Diego, CA) tests for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in 459 stool samples (9.4% positive). The observed agreement for the results of the two tests with 452 samples with valid test results was 98.2% (kappa, 0.9; P value of 0.73 by the McNemar test). When samples with discordant or invalid results were retested, the agreement increased to 100%.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Clostridioides difficile genetics
Clostridium Infections microbiology
Diarrhea microbiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Young Adult
Bacteriological Techniques methods
Clostridioides difficile isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections diagnosis
Diarrhea diagnosis
Feces microbiology
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-660X
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24197886
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02393-13