Comparison of Perirectal versus Rectal Swabs for Detection of Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile | Zendy

David S. Rogers | Zendy; Sirisha Kundrapu | Zendy; Venkata Sunkesula | Zendy; Curtis J. Donskey | Zendy

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Comparison of Perirectal versus Rectal Swabs for Detection of Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile

Author(s) -

David S. Rogers,

Sirisha Kundrapu,

Venkata Sunkesula,

Curtis J. Donskey

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01418-13

Subject(s) - asymptomatic carrier , asymptomatic , clostridium difficile , medicine , rectum , feces , microbiology and biotechnology , gastroenterology , biology , antibiotics

For long-term care and spinal cord injury patients, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of perirectal versus rectal cultures for detection of asymptomatic carriers of Clostridium difficile were 95%, 100%, 100%, and 97%, respectively. Perirectal cultures provide an accurate method to detect asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile.

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