Clostridium difficile  infection

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2009 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 338, page b2528 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Mark H, Wilcox; Tim, Planche;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2528

pmid: 19549659

Clostridium difficile infection

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Abstract

Rangaiah and colleagues comment that currently used tests for Clostridium difficile toxin are not very sensitive.1 However, the specificity of these commercial assays also ranges from 97% to 99%, meaning that approximately 1-2 out of every 10 positive results using these kits are incorrect.2 False positive results are even more likely when testing faecal …

Keywords

Community-Acquired Infections, Clostridioides difficile, Risk Factors, Humans, Sensitivity and Specificity, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous

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