Evaluation of an automated rapid diagnostic test for detection of Clostridium difficile.

The Verigene Clostridium difficile Nucleic Acid Test (Verigene CDF Test) (Nanosphere, Northbrook, IL, USA) is a new multiplex qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test used to detect C. difficile toxin genes in fecal specimens. To evaluate the performance of the new method, we tested 69 fecal...

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Main Authors: Masayoshi Tojo, Maki Nagamatsu, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Teruo Kirikae, Norio Ohmagari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149505?pdf=render