Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Clostridium difficile
Organism
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive anaerobic rod. C. difficile produces 2 toxins: toxin A, which is an enterotoxin, and toxin B, which is a cytotoxin.
C. difficile has been found in stool in 15–25% of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea, 10% of patients treated with antibiotics who do not have diarrhea, and in 95% of patients with diarrhea associated with pseudomembranous colitis.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Clostridium Difficile." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619354/all/Clostridium_difficile.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Clostridium difficile. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619354/all/Clostridium_difficile. Accessed May 18, 2025.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Clostridium difficile. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619354/all/Clostridium_difficile
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Clostridium Difficile [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2025 May 18]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619354/all/Clostridium_difficile.
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