Recent laxative use should not preclude testing patients for C. difficile

摘要

Clinical?practice?guidelines?issued?last?year?recommended?against?routinely?testing?patients?for?Clostridioidesdifficile?if?they?have?received?a?laxative?within?the?previous?48?hours.?But?recent?study?findings?showed?nodifference?in?the?rates?or?severity?of?C.?difficile?infection,?or?CDI,?among?patients?who?received?laxatives?comparedwith?those?who?did?not,?and?researchers?cautioned?that?the?recent?guidance?“[does?not]?allow?room?for?clinicaljudgement”?in?determining?if?a?patient?is?infected.