Clostridium difficile Toxin by PCR

Preferred specimen:	Fresh, unpreserved, liquid or soft stool specimen in a dry, sterile screw-top container.
Minimum specimen:	0.5 mL liquid stool or 1 g soft stool.
Acceptable specimen:	Stool placed in Cary Blair transport media. Collect stool specimen in a clean, dry container. Immediately after collection, transfer the stool specimen to Cary Blair medium using sterile swab or applicator, adding up to the fill line on the Cary Blair vial label. Mix vial well. Stool in Para-Pak Clean or Para-Pak C&S vials is acceptable if collected and submitted according to package instructions. Frozen raw stool is acceptable but results will be reported with a disclaimer.
Unacceptable specimen:	Dried formed stool or stool in formalin or preservative other than Cary Blair.
Transport temp:	Refrigerated
Methodology:	Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Unit Code:	538100
Ref Range:	Not Detected
Reported:	1-2 days
	ARUP Consult® Disease Topics Clostridium difficile Diarrhea Inflammatory Bowel Disease - IBD Malabsorption