Research Article
Evaluation of Multiplex PCR with Enhanced Spore Germination for Detection of Clostridium difficile from Stool Samples of the Hospitalized Patients
Table 2
Evaluation of pretreatment and enrichment conditions prior to multiplex PCR and bacterial cell culture for the detection of C. difficile directly from stool samples.
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ND stands for “not determined” because there were too many contaminated bacterial species, rendering it impossible to distinguish C. difficile colonies on the plates. −/+ indicates that typical C. difficile colonies could not be observed in at least one of the three replicates. |