METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING A VARIANT C. DIFFICILE STRAIN IN A SAMPLE

摘要

The method for detecting and identifying a variant C. difficile strain in a sample is characterized by the following steps: (a) obtaining a bodily waste sample and/or body tissue sample of a patient, (b) bringing the sample into contact with at least one antibody each from at least three of the antibody groups group I, group II, group III, group IV, group V, and group VI, (c) detecting the antibody response and creating the response pattern, (d) comparing the response pattern obtained in (c) with reference patterns of C. difficile strains that are known in the prior art and are to be examined for presence in the detection test, (e) evaluating a correlation between the response pattern obtained in (c) and a reference sample as an indication that the C. difficile strain of the respective reference sample is present in the sample.