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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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Table 2

Underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection at participating hospitals, Switzerland*

Method of detection No. samples submitted No. samples tested Undiagnosed, no. (% of all positive samples) False-positive, no. (%) False-negative, no. (%)
EIA for GDH and A and B toxins 242 165 2 (9.5) 9 (5.5) 1 (0.6)
PCR 242 165 3 (10) 3 (1.8) 3 (1.8)

*EIA, enzyme immunoassay; GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase.

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