CDI May Be Underdiagnosed Among Outpatients Treated At Hospital For Diarrhea, Researchers Find

Healio (1/19, Stulpin) reported, “California hospitals detected a high incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection among outpatients treated for diarrhea despite a low rate of testing, suggesting that outpatient C. difficile may be underdiagnosed, researchers said.” Published in Infectious Diseases, out of 777,533 cases researchers identified, “12.1% were tested for CDI, according to the study. Among those tested, 10.8% were positive for CDI.”