Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a threat to hospitalized patients. All patients with diarrhoea [defined as Bristol Stool Form Chart (BSFC) types 5-7] not attributable to another cause should be tested for CDI. Samples should quarter fill and take the shape of the specimen container. Use of the BSFC definition of diarrhoea to determine which samples should be tested for CDI in the laboratory was assessed. In this study, two-thirds of glutamate-dehydrogenase-positive, toxin-positive samples were rated BSFC type <5. Therefore, the BSFC should not be used by laboratories to determine which samples are tested for CDI.

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布里斯托尔凳形表评分系统在疑似艰难梭菌病例中的粪便样品实验室处理中的实用性。

艰难梭菌感染（CDI）仍然对住院患者构成威胁。所有并非由其他原因引起的腹泻患者（定义为5-7型的布里斯托尔粪便形式表（BSFC）类型）应进行CDI测试。样品应四分之一填充并采取标本容器的形状。使用BSFC腹泻定义来确定应在实验室中对哪些样品进行CDI测试。在这项研究中，三分之二的谷氨酸脱氢酶阳性，毒素阳性样品被评定为BSFC类型<5。因此，实验室不应使用BSFC来确定要测试CDI的样品。