Performance comparison of the cobas Liat and Cepheid GeneXpert systems for Clostridium difficile detection

• Paul A. Granato ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: granatop@upstate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America

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• Glen Hansen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

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• Emily Herding,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

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• Sheena Chaudhuri,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

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• Shaowu Tang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

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• Sachin K. Garg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

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• Catherine R. Rowell,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Device Trials, Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America

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• Joanna Jackson Sickler

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

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