At 4 pm, a physician requests that you add a culture for Clostridium difficile to a routine stool culture he wrote orders for at 9 am. You will

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Clostridium difficile infection is best diagnosed through toxin detection rather than culture, as the presence of the bacteria does not necessarily indicate disease; it is the toxins produced by the bacteria that cause symptoms. Toxin detection is more clinically relevant and provides a faster, more accurate diagnosis for patient management.

At 4 Pm, a Physician Requests That You Add a Culture