TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert C. difficile/Epi and Meridian Bioscience illumigene C. difficile assays for detecting Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 strains
AU - Androga, Grace
AU - Mcgovern, Alan
AU - Elliott, Briony
AU - Chang, Barbara
AU - Perkins, Tim
AU - Foster, Niki
AU - Riley, Thomas
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. 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).
AB - Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. 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).
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84923361060
U2 - 10.1128/JCM.03297-14
DO - 10.1128/JCM.03297-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 25520452
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 53
SP - 973
EP - 975
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 3
ER -