The Bristol Stool Scale and Its Relationship to Clostridium difficile Infection

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作者
Caroff, Daniel A. [1 ]
Edelstein, Paul H. [2 ]
Hamilton, Keith [3 ,4 ]
Pegues, David A. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Penn Presbyterian Med Ctr, Dept Med, Philadelphia, PA USA
[2] Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[4] Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Dept Healthcare Epidemiol Infect Prevent & Contro, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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TRANSIT; TIME;
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10.1128/JCM.01303-14
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The Bristol stool form scale classifies the relative density of stool samples. In a prospective cohort study, we investigated the associations between stool density, C. difficile assay positivity, hospital-onset C. difficile infection, complications, and severity of C. difficile. We describe associations between the Bristol score, assay positivity, and clinical C. difficile infection.
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