This abstract tackles some of these. The authors studied the kinetics of PCR positivity in C. diff and whether test positivity during or after treatment was a marker for recurrence. The average ...

Diagnosis of CDI using EIA is insensitive for specific PCR ribotypes of C. difficile, including the current epidemic BI/NAP1/027 strain. Overall, the diagnostic sensitivity of stool testing for ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is highly sensitive for C difficile detection. Additionally, some clinical laboratories have implemented a 2-step testing algorithm, consisting of a PCR ...

Gastroenterologists rely on testing to identify C diff infections, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are largely replacing ELISA assays. "PCR is an excellent, extremely sensitive test for ...

8 There has been concern that increased C. diff rates potentially resulting from using sensitive PCR testing could lead to penalties imposed by CMS once CDI rates become part of the CMS value ...

Testing patients with just three risk factors ... only 22 percent of all eligible patients provided stool for C. difficile PCR, and the study population was not representative of all patients ...

Eight new C. difficile cases were discovered at St. Joseph’s Healthcare over the weekend, bringing the total number to 51. The infection was acquired in the hospital in 38 of the cases ...

For the latter group, C. diff testing could not be ordered for patients who had been given laxatives within 48 hours, who had been treated for C. diff 14 to 24 days prior, or who had tested ...

In less than two hours, the C. difficile test detects the toxin A and B gene sequences of C. difficile and identifies the PCR ribotype 027 strain which is associated with increased severity of disease ...