[HTML][HTML] Optimizing laboratory workflow for the diagnosis of Clostridiodes difficile infection in a medical center in Northern Taiwan

FC Chang, CP Liu, FJ Sun, CC Lin - Journal of Microbiology, Immunology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background/purpose There are few attempts at diagnosis among physicians who pay less
attention to Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) and think that one-step enzyme …

Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection in symptomatic patients: what can we do better?

AC Maestri, KS Nogueira, R Mialski… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The laboratory diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is challenging since this
bacteria may be detected in healthy people and toxin production detection is not sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory diagnostic methods for Clostridioides difficile infection: The first systematic review and meta-analysis in Korea

HS Chung, JS Park, BM Shin - Annals of laboratory …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background Various methods are used for the diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection
(CDI). We systematically analyzed and investigated the performance of current laboratory …

Sequential introduction of a multistep testing algorithm and nucleic acid amplification testing leading to an increase in Clostridioides difficile detection and a trend …

AM Skinner, B Yu, A Cheknis, SM Pacheco… - Infection Control & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Background: Most clinical microbiology laboratories have replaced toxin immunoassay (EIA)
alone with multistep testing (MST) protocols or nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) …

Toxin Enzyme Immunoassays Detect Clostridioides difficile Infection With Greater Severity and Higher Recurrence Rates

AY Guh, KM Hatfield, LG Winston… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Few data suggest that Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) detected by toxin
enzyme immunoassay (EIA) are more severe and have worse outcomes than those detected …

The impact of diagnostic methods on the diagnosis of Clostridiodes difficile infection

T Nana, E Nomlomo - South African Medical Journal, 2020 - journals.co.za
Background. Clostridiodes difficile is a common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea.
Laboratory testing for C. difficile infection (CDI) remains an area of confusion, as there is not …

Impact of the Reverse 2-Step Algorithm for Clostridioides difficile Testing in the Microbiology Laboratory on Hospitalized Patients

EE Hilt, BP Vaughn, AL Galdys… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Multistep laboratory testing is recommended for the diagnosis of Clostridioides
difficile infection (CDI). The aim of this study was to present the impact of multistep CDI …

Accuracy of diagnostic assays for the detection of Clostridioides difficile: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Zangiabadian, A Ghorbani, NY Nojookambari… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) has been identified as one of the
main causes of nosocomial infection all across the world. Rapid diagnosis of CDI is difficult …

Clostridioides difficile in outpatients: application of a diagnostic algorithm recommended by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious …

R Ignatius, R Neuber, H Kietzmann, C Berg… - European Journal of …, 2019 - akjournals.com
This study aimed at evaluating in outpatients an algorithm for the laboratory diagnosis of
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI), ie, enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnostic Algorithm for the Rapid and Cost-Effective Detection of Clostridioides difficile Infection: Comparison between C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE and …

SJ Yoo, DH Whang - Journal of Laboratory Medicine and …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Background: We evaluated the analytical performance and cost-effectiveness of lateral flow
immunoassays (LFIAs) in detecting Clostridioides difficile glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) …