| Literature DB >> 29534914 |
Alan M McGovern1, Grace O Androga2, Peter Moono1, Deirdre A Collins3, Niki F Foster4, Barbara J Chang1, Thomas V Riley5.
Abstract
Strains of Clostridium difficile producing only binary toxin (CDT) are found commonly in animals but not humans. However, human diagnostic tests rarely look for CDT. The Cepheid Xpert C. difficile BT assay detects CDT with equal sensitivity (≥92%) in human and animal faecal samples.Entities:
Keywords: Binary toxin; CDT; Clostridium difficile infection; Diagnostics; Piglets
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29534914 DOI： 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.03.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaerobe ISSN： 1075-9964 Impact factor: 3.331