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Evaluation of the new CE-IVD marked BD MAX Cdiff Assay for the detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile harboring the tcdB gene from clinical stool samples

Authors :
Paul O. Verhoeven
Florence Grattard
A. Ros
Philippe Berthelot
Sylvie Pillet
Bruno Pozzetto
Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers
Nathalie Fonsale
Anne Carricajo
Frédéric Lucht
Source :
Journal of Microbiological Methods. 94:58-60
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

The evaluation of the fully automated BD MAX Cdiff assay on a panel of 100 stool samples characterized by the Xpert C. difficile assay reported a high concordance between the two molecular assays (kappa coefficient of 0.96), which makes this new assay suitable for routine detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile.

Details

ISSN :
01677012
Volume :
94
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Microbiological Methods
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....46147fe9b5a19ffa73061114157443bd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2013.04.009