DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Antibiotic treatment of infections with harmful bacteria can destroy the normal colonic flora, and increase the patient's susceptibility to Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD). Pathogenic strains of C. diffi
cile commonly produce two large clostridial… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of this proposed project is to develop a point-of-care diagnostic assay and platform for the detection of Clostridium difficile from human stool. Two additional goals are to detect the hypervirulent strain of C. difficile B1/NAP/027 and to detect… More