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1396759

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
A new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit developed for the rapid detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A in faecal specimens, Premier (Meridian Diagnostics), was evaluated using 101 faecal specimens. Sixty-nine specimens were positive for Clostridium difficile by isolation of the organism and by cytotoxicity in tissue culture. The EIA for toxin A was positive in 49 of these 69 cases. No specimen that was negative for cytotoxicity was positive by EIA. Eight of the 32 specimens negative by both EIA and cytotoxicity assay yielded Clostridium difficile by culture. In five of these cases the cytotoxigenic status of the isolate was determined, and four were positive. There was no direct relationship between cytotoxin titre and EIA reading.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0934-9723
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
360-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay kit for the detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A.
pubmed:affiliation
Microbial Pathogenicity Research Group, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article