%0 Journal Article %A J Q Nash %A B Chattopadhyay %A J Honeycombe %A S Tabaqchali %T Clostridium difficile and cytotoxin in routine faecal specimens. %D 1982 %R 10.1136/jcp.35.5.561 %J Journal of Clinical Pathology %P 561-565 %V 35 %N 5 %X 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. %U https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/35/5/561.full.pdf