Clinical evaluation of a non-purified direct molecular assay for the detection of Clostridioides difficile toxin genes in stool specimens

• Toshinori Hara ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t2128@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Section of Clinical Laboratory, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7675-6347

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• Hiromichi Suzuki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Tadatomo Oyanagi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Norito Koyanagi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chutoen General Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Akihito Ushiki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tone Chuo Hospital, Gunma, Japan

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• Naoki Kawabata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tsuruga Municipal Hospital, Fukui, Japan

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• Miki Goto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Yukio Hida,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan

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• Yuji Yaguchi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Miroku Medical Laboratory Inc., Nagano, Japan

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• Kiyoko Tamai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Miroku Medical Laboratory Inc., Nagano, Japan

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• Shigeyuki Notake,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Yosuke Kawashima,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Diagnostic System Department, TOYOBO Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

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• Akio Sugiyama,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Diagnostic System Department, TOYOBO Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

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• Keiichi Uemura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chutoen General Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Seiya Kashiyama,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section of Clinical Laboratory, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Toru Nanmoku,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Satoshi Suzuki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of General Medicine, Tone Chuo Hospital, Gunma, Japan

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• Hiroshi Yamazaki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tsuruga Municipal Hospital, Fukui, Japan

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• Hideki Kimura,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Kunishima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Hiroki Ohge

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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