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PCR for Lab Diagnosis of C. diff Infection
PCR for Laboratory Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection: Is it worth the cost?
Shabram Iyer, Jerry Wigmore, Jessica Archard, Stephanie Bray, Andrew Stacey
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Three hundred and eighty one consecutive diarrhoeal stool speciments (stools taking the shape of the container) submitted for routine CDI testing (July-August 2009) were included.
Each specimen was concurrently tested with BD GeneOhm™ C diff RT-PCR assay and our current routine diagnostic '3-step C diff testing algorithm'.
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