The Bristol stool scale and its relationship to Clostridium difficile infection.
Daniel A CaroffPaul H EdelsteinKeith HamiltonDavid A Peguesnull nullPublished in: Journal of clinical microbiology (2014)
The Bristol stool form scale classifies the relative density of stool samples. In a prospective cohort study, we investigated the associations between stool density, C. difficile assay positivity, hospital-onset C. difficile infection, complications, and severity of C. difficile. We describe associations between the Bristol score, assay positivity, and clinical C. difficile infection.