کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5866537 1563474 2015 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Impact of polymerase chain reaction testing on Clostridium difficile infection rates in an acute health care facility
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروب شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Impact of polymerase chain reaction testing on Clostridium difficile infection rates in an acute health care facility
چکیده انگلیسی
Two rapid methods of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) diagnosis were compared between June 2012 and March 2013: a GeneXpert (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, Calif) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). The influence of these methods on the detection of hospital-acquired CDI and identification of CDI outbreaks was evaluated. We tested 1,592 stool samples for C difficile. The GeneXpert PCR test identified 211 positive samples (68 determined to be hospital-acquired infection), whereas EIA identified 105 positive samples (36 determined to be hospital-acquired infection). The GeneXpert PCR method in contrast to the EIA method increased the detection rates of nosocomial CDI cases and contributed to the declaration of CDI outbreaks.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: American Journal of Infection Control - Volume 43, Issue 4, 1 April 2015, Pages 383-386
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