Researchers screened patients for C. diff using real-time PCR, a toxin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a toxigenic culture. C. diff was detected in 18 percent of the participants using real ...

The study compared the main different ways of diagnosing C-Diff, including the two 'gold-standard' methods: a cytotoxin assay, which looks for the presence of C-Diff toxin in faecal samples; and ...

Singulex’s Clarity C. diff toxin A/B assay, a rapid C. diff toxin test, has made its commercial debut, the company announced. “The Clarity toxin A/B assay offers a new approach to testing for ...

Singulex anticipates FDA registration for the Singulex Clarity C. diff toxin A/B assay by the end of 2018. Niamh Nolan is Director of Clinical Research and Medical Affairs at Singulex ...

Scientists make breakthrough in C. diff vaccine development Automation in action: Inside Priority Health’s operational overhaul Recommended Live Webinar on Jul 15, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT ...

Initially, the researchers believed that the C. diff toxin was similar to the anthrax toxin – consisting of two components, an enzymatic subunit combined with a pore-forming subunit. However, ...

C diff produces a variety of toxins, the best known being toxins A and B. Dong, the study's senior investigator, chose to focus on toxin B, which has been shown to cause disease on its own, even ...

Positive Clostridium difficile Stool Assay in a Patient with Fatal C. sordellii Infection Published September 21, 2006 N Engl J Med 2006;355: 1284 - 1285 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc061165 ...

New work cements our knowledge of how C. diff's two primary toxins, A and B, slip into intestinal cells, the first step toward a possible treatment that doesn't involve antibiotics.

CHICAGO, Ill. (WPVI) -- A new drug to treat C. Difficile, also known as C. Diff, is getting C. diff is a common bacterial infection of the gut, and it can be deadly. In two Phase 3 clinical trials ...

C. diff is a type of bacterium that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea and stomach cramps. Discover how this bacterium is transmitted and its treatment options.

The largest study of its kind has shown the most effective test for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile (C-Diff), a bacterial infection which causes 15,000-20,000 deaths a year in hospitals in ...