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Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay kit for the detection of Clostridium difficile enterotoxin
R A Bowman1, S Arrow, L Croese
1Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands.
Pathology
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
The Premier Clostridium difficile toxin A enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit was evaluated for the detection of C. difficile enterotoxin in fecal samples. A total of 314 samples was tested by culture, cytotoxin detection and EIA kit. Compared to a combined culture/cytotoxin result the Premier EIA kit had a sensitivity of 88.3%, a specificity of 100%, a predictive value positive of 100% and a predictive value negative of 87.4%. Test results were available within 3 hrs providing a rapid and reliable means of detecting C. difficile enterotoxin.