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If i'm a carrier of c diff & had a stool test done. would toxins show up in test? i no most docs are carriers. would they test positive if tested.
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Don't worry: Clostridium difficile is ubiquitous, many (maybe most) people have a few of these among the hundreds of different species in the gut, and trying to detect (let alone treat) these people serves no public good and generates only fear and superstition. Cdc guidelines http://www.Cdc.Gov/hai/pdfs/cdiff/cohen-idsa-shea-cdi-guidelines-2010.Pdf.
Answered 11/25/2013
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