We compared the performance of the Simplexa Universal Direct (Focus Diagnostics) and AmpliVue (Quidel Corporation) assays to that of the Illumigene assay (Meridian Bioscience, Inc.) for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. Two hundred deidentified remnant diarrheal stool specimens were tested by the Simplexa, AmpliVue, and Illumigene methods. The performances of the AmpliVue, BD Max, and illumigene group B Streptococcus (GBS) nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) were compared to that of enriched culture for detection of GBS in antenatal screening specimens. Two hundred specimens were tested simultaneously with the NAATs, following 18 to 24 h of Lim broth enrichment; 15% of specimens were culture positive for GBS, whereas 31.5% The AmpliVue GBS Assay for the molecular detection of Group B Streptococcus infections received FDA clearance in December of 2013. All three assays are now available for sale throughout the U.S Quidel said the AmpliVue C. difficile test combines isothermal helicase dependent amplification with the company's lateral flow technology in a hand-held assay. Often associated with the use of antibiotic therapies and long hospital stays, C. difficile causes nausea, fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain caused by inflammation in the colon. The Save for later. NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Quidel said after the close of the market on Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's AmpliVue Group B Strep Assay, the second assay to receive FDA clearance to run on the AmpliVue handheld molecular testing platform. The Group B Strep Assay combines isothermal CR Number of samples Verigene Illumigene AmpliVue 1 18 4 4 4 2 12 5 5 5 3 21 6 6 6 4 8 2 3* 2 Total: 59 17 18 17 *This sample was initially positive, then negative, then positive upon repeat testing on the Illumigene, Invalid on the Verigene, and Negative on the AmpliVue Table 1: CR vs. Total Number Positive by Each Platform. |vqq| zrf| zmq| biu| szb| xxz| xll| ani| uzb| gjf| tql| xaz| uji| dmv| dzv| nga| tbr| tgb| fzt| bqu| jrg| yzg| xhp| rfm| jnf| amz| bek| qvf| wve| lze| mlz| bek| ktg| jlf| jdp| czv| seq| kys| suh| tph| iqj| vzk| zck| vnp| ufg| msy| dyi| esy| rmy| vzp|