[Detection of toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile using rapid diagnostic methods]

Med Dosw Mikrobiol. 1998;50(1-2):55-61.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Feces of 53 patients from different hospital wards suffering from long term post-antibiotic therapy diarrhea were tested. For direct detection of C. difficile toxin A, in samples TCD (Becton-Dickinson), and C. difficile Toxin A Test (Oxoid) tests were used. Toxin A was detected in 16 samples (29.6% tested). C. difficile strains were isolated from 40% of the fecal samples. Toxin A was detected in 25 Clostridium difficile strains with commercial tests and toxin B was detected using McCoy cell line. Toxin A was not produced by 3 C. difficile strains in vitro, but toxin B was produced by all strains. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test showed that all isolated strains possess genes of toxins A and B.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Toxins / analysis*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clostridioides difficile / chemistry
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins