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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of a stool sample was positive for Clostridioides difficile; however, enzyme immunoassay (EIA) testing for C. difficile toxins A and B results were negative.

The four-point test to predict death risk from C. difficile. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 08 / 130801233102.htm ...

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 ...

is that C. difficile is evolving to resist vancomycin. "We don't know if there are resistant strains circulating and causing human infections because hospital labs don't test for resistance to ...