Evaluation of Three Enzyme Immunoassays for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Foals

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Fecha

2014-08-01

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Journal Of Equine Veterinary Science. New York: Elsevier Science Inc, v. 34, n. 8, p. 1032-1035, 2014.

0737-0806

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/116603

10.1016/j.jevs.2014.05.012

WOS:000341126700018

2209124317273797

Autor

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Institución

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Resumen

The aim of the present study was to compare the test performances of three commercial enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) against the toxigenic culture using the cytotoxicity assay as the gold standard. All EIAs showed >78% sensitivity, and the lowest specificity was 92.6%. These results suggest that EIAs could be useful for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection in foals. (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Materias

Colitis

Enteritis

Diarrhea

Zoonosis

Equine

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