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Table 3 Discrepant data for isothermal amplification: false negative 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®

TC

Real-time-tcd PCR

Real-time 16S PCR

1

-

-

+

+

+

2

-

-

+

-

+

9

-

-

+

-

-

2

-

+

+

-

+

1

-

+

+

+

+

2

+

-

+

+

+

  1. TC, toxigenic culture