Questions for Yield from Stool Testing

1. What was the purpose of this study?

2. What lab tests were performed?
3. What were the criteria for the patients to
be evaluated in this survey?
4. What were the results of each test.
5. What other factors were considered?
6. What was the best indicator in a CBC (DL)
of a need to order a stool culture?
7. What blood test is recommended as most
valuable for nosocomial diarrhea cases?
Commentary:
8. What is the reason for determining the
etiological diagnosis of diarrhea?
9. What is the 1st order for a hospitalized
patient with diarrhea?
10. Is the stool exam for O&P useful in
making the causal diagnosis of diarrhea?
11. What are the symptoms of C. difficile
diarrhea? (outside source)
12. How does C. difficile diarrhea happen?
13. What low tech stool exam is recommended
as a screen to determine the cause of diarrhea?
14. What are the clinical indications for a stool
exam for diarrhea?
15. Unusual hosts includes what conditions?
16. What are some infectious and non-infectious
causes of colitis? (outside source)