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Table 2 Discrepant results for isothermal amplification: false positive specimens

From: A prospective study of two isothermal amplification assays compared with real-time PCR, CCNA and toxigenic culture for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

N

AmpliVue®

Illumigene®

Culture

TC

Real-time-tcd PCR

16S PCR

17

+

+

+

-

+

+

1

+

+

+

-

-

+

30

+

+

-

-

+

+

4

+

+

-

-

-

+

11

+

+

-

-

-

-

1

+

-

+

-

-

+

1

+

-

-

-

+

+

3

+

-

-

-

-

+

18

+

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

+

+

-

+

+

2

-

+

-

-

+

+

8

-

+

-

-

-

-

1

+

invalid

+

-

+

+

1

+

invalid

-

-

-

+

1

+

invalid

-

-

+

+

1

+

invalid

-

-

-

-

1

Invalid

+

-

-

-

-

  1. TC, toxigenic culture
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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