Clostridioides difficile Infection
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Risk Factors
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Testing
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- Antibiotic use within the past 10 weeks
- Prolonged hospitalization (> 7 days) or < 72 hours from discharge following a prolonged hospitalization
- Bowel surgery/GI tract manipulation within the past 30 days
- Ongoing immunosuppressant medication use including chemotherapy
- Exposure to someone known to be colonized or known or suspected to have infection with C. difficile
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- C. difficile GDH/Toxin
- Specimens from children less than 1 year will not be tested due to high incidence of C. difficile colonization in the age group
- Non-liquid samples are tested only when toxic megacolon is suspected
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