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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research

Multicenter Prevalence Study Comparing Molecular and Toxin Assays for Clostridioides difficile Surveillance, Switzerland

Andreas F. Widmer, Reno Frei, Ed J. Kuijper, Mark H. Wilcox, Ruth Schindler, Violeta Spaniol, Daniel Goldenberger, Adrian Egli, Sarah Tschudin-SutterComments to Author , and Kuijper
Author affiliations: University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (A.F. Widmer, R. Frei, R. Schindler, V. Spaniol, D. Goldenberger, A. Egli, S. Tschudin-Sutter); Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (E.J. Kuijper); Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK (M.H. Wilcox)

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Testing algorithms at the 36 laboratories participating in a prevelance study comparing molecular and toxin assays for nationwide surveillance of Clostridioides difficile, Switzerland. EIA, enzyme immunoassay; GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; Tox, toxin. *Seven samples taken during the summer sampling period. †Ten samples taken during the summer sampling period. ‡Three samples taken during the summer sampling period.

Figure 2. Testing algorithms at the 36 laboratories participating in a prevalence study comparing molecular and toxin assays for nationwide surveillance of Clostridioides difficile, Switzerland. EIA, enzyme immunoassay; GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; Tox, toxin. *Seven samples taken during the summer sampling period. †Ten samples taken during the summer sampling period. ‡Three samples taken during the summer sampling period.

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