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→Diagnostic approaches
** Time consuming and difficult, up to 5 days
** Time consuming and difficult, up to 5 days
** Detects a little as 3 picograms of toxin
** Detects a little as 3 picograms of toxin
* Stool antigen looks for Glutamate dehydrogenase (COH) via ELISA (SIA)
* Stool antigen looks for Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) via ELISA (EIA)
** Does not distinguish between toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains
** Does not distinguish between toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains
** Half of C. diff isolates are non-toxigenic
** Half of C. diff isolates are non-toxigenic