A Study of the Effectiveness of the Electronic Nose with C. difficile Infected Stool

Overview

Información sobre este estudio

The purpose of this study is to see how effective a new technology called the electronic nose is in identifying specific infection (C. difficile) from stool samples, by analyzing the gasses the stool gives off.

Elegibilidad para la participación

Los requisitos de elegibilidad de los participantes incluyen la edad, el sexo, el tipo y el estadio de la enfermedad, y los problemas de salud o tratamientos previos. Las pautas difieren de un estudio a otro e identifican quiénes pueden o no pueden participar. No hay garantía de que cada persona elegible que desee participar en un ensayo se inscribirá. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para analizar la elegibilidad del estudio y la posible participación.

Inclusion Criteria

  • All English-speaking subjects, including minorities
  • > 18 years of age
  • Able to verbally consent to this study and who return a completed HIPAA form
  • Have a stool specimen at Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Microbiology Laboratory negative for pathogens or positive for C. difficile and negative for other pathogens

 

Exclusion Criteria 

  • Stool samples that are C. difficile negative, however are positive for another enteric pathogen by PCR or by culture will be excluded from the control arm
  • Samples that are positive for C. difficile and other enteric pathogens will also be excluded in this study.

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CLS-20151756

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