Tests for the Clostridium difficile infection are missing up to 20% of cases and falsely diagnosing thousands of others, researchers have said. A study by St George's, University of London, and St ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, C. difficile is estimated to cause 500,000 infections per year, and roughly one in 11 ...

Testing for C. difficile is indicated in patients with diarrhea, especially after antibiotic use or healthcare exposure. Early testing facilitates prompt diagnosis and management, influencing ...

56% Increase in C. diff Due in Part to Improved Detection Hospitals that switched Clostridium difficile testing from nonmolecular to molecular methods recorded a 56 percent increase in recorded C.

Most laboratories have begun using polymerase chain reaction assays, or the PCR technique, as opposed to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection, also known as ELISA testing, to diagnose ...

Pro-Lab Diagnostics and Microgen Bioproducts have announced a unique collaboration to provide clinical microbiology laboratories with a C. difficile cytotoxin testing package designed to eliminate the ...

A better lab test now being used to detect C. difficile infections in patients at St. Joseph’s Healthcare is expected to identify additional cases in an already serious outbreak. Health officials say ...

A two-step approach for diagnosing C. difficile has been found to be both cost-effective and significantly more sensitive than other methods in use AbstractLewis, J. (2009) Exploring the accuracy and ...