Open AccessID Learning Unit: Understanding and Interpreting Testing for Clostridium difficile
Author(s) -
Daniel A. Solomon,
Danny A. Milner
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu007
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , medicine , clostridium , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics , antibiotics
Understanding and interpreting the molecular tests for Clostridium difficile is challenging because there are several different types of assays and most laboratories combine multiple tests in order to assess for presence of disease. This learning unit demonstrates the basic principles of each test along with its strengths and weaknesses, and illustrates how the tests are used in clinical practice.
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