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Performing Reflexive Toxin A/B Enzyme Immunoassay in a Two-Step Algorithm for the Diagnosis of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection Has Limited Clinical Utility

2018-08-03

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> The differentiation of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) from colonization is challenged by the suboptimal clinical specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT). In this study, we examined the utility of testing for toxin via enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in specimens already tested by NAAT for the diagnosis of CDI in an attempt to differentiate colonization from infection. We tested 5...

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5375b364-8315-54fa-9958-3197d9069ee9
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10.1101/384214
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