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Microbiology AIIMS 2017 7dddfcb4

Diagnosis of CI. Difficile infection is made by which of the following methods?

A
Toxin gene detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
B
Culture
C
Enzyme - linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
D
Nagler's reaction
High-Yield Explanation
Clostridium difficile is difficult to culture. The best method for its diagnosis is PCR for tox gene. Nagler's reaction is done for Cl. Perfringens. It is a neutralizaton reaction.

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