Evaluation of the Cepheid® Xpert® C. difficile binary toxin (BT) diagnostic assay

Authors

Alan M. McGovern
Grace O. Androga
Peter Moono
Deirdre Collins, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Niki F. Foster
Barbara J. Chang
Thomas V. Riley, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Anaerobe

Publisher

Academic Press

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

26689

Comments

McGovern, A. M., Androga, G. O., Moono, P., Collins, D. A., Foster, N. F., Chang, B. J., & Riley, T. V. (2018). Evaluation of the Cepheid® Xpert® C. difficile binary toxin (BT) diagnostic assay. Anaerobe, 51, 12-16. doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.03.004

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Abstract

Strains of Clostridium difficile producing only binary toxin (CDT) are found commonly in animals but not humans. However, human diagnostic tests rarely look for CDT. The Cepheid Xpert C. difficile BT assay detects CDT with equal sensitivity (≥92%) in human and animal faecal samples.

DOI

10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.03.004

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