Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and meridian bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains

G.O. Androga; A.M. McGovern; B. Elliott; B.J. Chang; T.T. Perkins; N.F. Foster; T.V. Riley; A.B. Onderdonk

doi:10.1128/JCM.03297-14

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Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and meridian bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains

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Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and meridian bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains

G.O. Androga, A.M. McGovern, B. Elliott, B.J. Chang, T.T. Perkins, N.F. Foster, T.V. Riley and A.B. Onderdonk

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol.53(3), pp.973-975

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03297-14

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Abstract

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 033 (RT033) is found in the gastrointestinal tracts of production animals and, occasionally, humans. The illumigene C. difficile assay (Meridian Bioscience, Inc.) failed to detect any of 52 C. difficile RT033 isolates, while all strains signaled positive for the binary toxin genes but were reported as negative for C. difficile by the Xpert C. difficile/Epi assay (Cepheid).

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Title: Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and meridian bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains
Authors/Creators: G.O. Androga (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
A.M. McGovern (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
B. Elliott (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
B.J. Chang (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
T.T. Perkins (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
N.F. Foster (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
T.V. Riley (Author/Creator) - Pathwest Laboratory Medicine
A.B. Onderdonk (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol.53(3), pp.973-975
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Identifiers: 991005541830807891
Copyright: © 2015, American Society for Microbiology.
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.120 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections; 1.120.1133 Clostridium Infections
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