Cost-effective screening of pooled faecal specimens from patients with nosocomial diarrhoea for Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 56 - 59
• Main Authors: Vaishnavi, C, Singh, G, Singh, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology 01.01.2011; Elsevier B.V; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aminoglycoside antibiotics; Antibiotics; Bacteriological Techniques - economics; Bacteriological Techniques - methods; C. perfringens enterotoxin; C. perfringens enterotoxin, cost-effective method, nosocomial diarrhoea; Cephalosporins; Child; Child, Preschool; Clostridium Infections - diagnosis; Clostridium perfringens; cost-effective method; Costs and Cost Analysis; Cross Infection - diagnosis; Diarrhea; Disease; Enterotoxins; Enterotoxins - analysis; Enzyme immunoassay; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Female; Fever; Hospitals; Humans; Immunoassay - economics; Immunoassay - methods; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Inflammatory bowel disease; Male; Mass Screening - economics; Mass Screening - methods; Middle Aged; Mortality; nosocomial diarrhoea; Pain; Penicillin; Quinolones; Repetition; Sampling; Studies; Young Adult; nosocomial diarrhoea; cost-effective method; C. perfringens enterotoxin

Purpose:Clostridium perfringens is a significant cause of nosocomial AAD. The prevalence of C. perfringens enterotoxin (CPE)-positive stool specimens in hospitalised patients is very low in the Indian setting making the diagnostics very expensive. Therefore, a cost-effective diagnostic approach to s...