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what the risks are clostridium difficile organism, this test detects, toxins produced by the bacterium clostridium difficile, c, difficile, stool, c, difficile, common cause of diarrhea after antibiotic use, a sample of a stool is submitted, laboratory analysis, several laboratory methods, detect c, difficile toxin, in the stool specimen, many years, a cell cytotoxin assay has been used, method incubates the stool specimen, in the laboratory, tissue culture cells, monitored over 24 to 48 hours, specific reaction, an enzyme immunoassay, eia, to detect the toxins of c, difficile has been used, eia is faster, simpler to perform, available in, an hour, slightly less sensitive than the cell culture method, many ways to collect the samples, catch the stool on plastic wrap that is loosely placed over the toilet bowl, held in place by the toilet seat, put the sample, clean container, one test kit supplies a special toilet tissue that use to collect the sample, put the sample, clean container, not mix urine, water, toilet tissue, the sample, children wearing diapers, line the diaper, plastic wrap, plastic wrap is positioned properly, isolating the stool from any urine output, mixing of urine, stool, prevented, better sample, no discomfort, test done, suspicion that diarrhea, result of recent antibiotic use, antibiotics, the bacterial flora, in the colon, results in, excessive growth, c, difficile, whose toxins cause diarrhea, diarrhea, c, difficile following antibiotic use occurs frequently in hospitalized patients, no c, difficile toxin detected, abnormal results mean that c, difficile toxins, likely present, in the stool, causing diarrhea, no risks associated, testing, c, difficile toxin, c, difficile toxin is not 100% sensitive, several stool samples needed to detect it.