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Low sensitivity of fecal toxin A/B enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection in immunocompromised patients  S. Erb, R. Frei,

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1 Low sensitivity of fecal toxin A/B enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection in immunocompromised patients  S. Erb, R. Frei, A.M. Strandén, M. Dangel, S. Tschudin-Sutter, A.F. Widmer  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 998.e9-998.e15 (November 2015) DOI: /j.cmi Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Enrollment and results of CDI patients with toxin EIA and TC. CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; ESCMID, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; GDH, C. difficile glutamate dehydrogenase antigen (from 2008 onwards); nontoxigenic C. difficile: culture positive for C. difficile, but toxin EIA directly from stool and TC negative; TC, toxigenic culture. Clinical Microbiology and Infection  , 998.e9-998.e15DOI: ( /j.cmi ) Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

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