title: The Bristol stool scale and its relationship to Clostridium difficile infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9598-2232
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Caroff
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Edelstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA david.pegues@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pegues
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index