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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. difficile Infection
Published on: December 8, 2014
Multicenter evaluation of a new screening test that detects Clostridium difficile in fecal specimens
L Zheng1, S F Keller, D M Lyerly
1TechLab, Inc., 2001 Kraft Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. zhengl@techlab.com
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 7, 2004
Abstract:
Clostridium difficile causes approximately 25% of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrheas and most cases of pseudomembranous colitis. We evaluated C. DIFF CHEK, a new screening test that detects glutamate dehydrogenase of C. difficile. Our results showed that this test was comparable to PCR in sensitivity and specificity and outperformed bacterial culture.
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