PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J Q Nash
AU  - B Chattopadhyay
AU  - J Honeycombe
AU  - S Tabaqchali
TI  - Clostridium difficile and cytotoxin in routine faecal specimens.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.35.5.561
DP  - 1982 May 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 561--565
VI  - 35
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/35/5/561.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/35/5/561.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1982 May 01; 35
AB  - 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.