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Reevaluation of the Premier Clostridium difficile toxin A and B immunoassay with comparison to glutamate dehydrogenase common antigen testing evaluating Bartels cytotoxin and Prodesse ProGastro™ Cd polymerase chain reaction as confirmatory procedures

Kirk M. Doing, Marilyn S. Hintz, Calvin Keefe, Sarah Horne, Shelby LeVasseur, Martha L. Kulikowski

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease · 2010 · 33 citations · 24 references

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An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>

L. Clifford McDonald, George Killgore, Angela Thompson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 2K citations · Full text

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Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and colitis. American College of Gastroenterology, Practice Parameters Committee.

Robert Fekety · PubMed · 1997 · 453 citations

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Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile in Stool Samples by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea

Lance R. Peterson, Richard Manson, Suzanne M. Paule et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 225 citations · Full text

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Comparison of Real-Time PCR for Detection of the <i>tcdC</i> Gene with Four Toxin Immunoassays and Culture in Diagnosis of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection

Lynne M. Sloan, Brian J. Duresko, Daniel R. Gustafson et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2008 · 214 citations

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Effective Detection of Toxigenic <i>Clostridium difficile</i> by a Two-Step Algorithm Including Tests for Antigen and Cytotoxin

John R. Ticehurst, Deborah Aird, Lisa Dam et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2006 · 209 citations · Full text

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