Clinical Significance of Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Growth in Stool Cultures during the Era of Nonculture Methods for the Diagnosis of C. difficile Infection

Clinical Significance of Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Growth in Stool Cultures during the Era of Nonculture Methods for the Diagnosis of C. difficile Infection

ABSTRACT The importance of the detection of relevant toxins or toxin genes to diagnose Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) or the prediction of clinical outcomes of CDI has been emphasized in recent years. Although stool culture of C. difficile is not routinely recommended in the era of noncult...

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Main Authors: Ching-Chi Lee, Jen-Chieh Lee, Chun-Wei Chiu, Pei-Jane Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko, Yuan-Pin Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Clostridioides difficile infection
metronidazole
Clostridioides difficile
enzyme immunoassay
stool culture
successful therapy
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00799-21

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