The toxin assays that have been used for some time to confirm the diagnosis of [C difficile], while fairly specific, are not as sensitive as you would like. Real-time PCR, however, detects DNA associated with the organism and is much more sensitive, detecting a vast majority â if not 100%, very close to it..
Consideration is the price paid for the promise. When thinking of consideration, one must think in terms of legal value as opposed to economic value. While economic value (e.g., money) is the most common form of consideration, consideration does not have to involve money. In order for a contract to be enforceable, each party to the contract must change his or her legal position in some way. Deeds in many, if not most, cases do not recite the actual sales price.
Valuable Consideration. In the formation of a valid and binding contract, something of worth or value that is either a detriment incurred by the person making the promise or a benefit received by the other person. In contract law consideration is required as an inducement to enter into a contract that is enforceable in the courts. It is an essential element for the formation of a contract. What constitutes sufficient consideration, however, has been the subject of continuing legal debate. Contracts and courts generally use the term valuable consideration to signify consideration sufficient to sustain an enforceable agreement.