Clostridium difficile and cytotoxin in routine faecal specimens.
Open Access
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 35 (5) , 561-565
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.35.5.561
Abstract
Over a five-month period 1239 unselected, routine faecal specimens from 856 patients were examined for Clostridium difficile. One hundred specimens representing 69 patients were culture-positive. Toxin was detected in the stool of ten. During the study period, there were 41 Salmonella, 12 Campylobacter and 9 Shigella infections. C difficile was isolated together with Salmonella from 12 patients. No patient required specific treatment for C difficile infection. The significance of these findings is discussed.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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