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For a printable version of the December CE Story and test go HERE or to take test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to: 1. Discuss the role of C. difficile as an opportunistic pathogen and the challenges of diagnosing CDI versus carriers 2. Recognize the advantages and limitations of laboratory tests for CDI 3.
Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic toxin-producing intestinal pathogen that causes hospital and community-acquired diarrhea and colitis. In the U.S., estimates run as high as 500,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI) annually, with close to 29,000 deaths from the infection.1,2 In Europe, the numbers probably are similar.3 CDI is only now beginning to be recognized in Asia.
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