title: What stool testing is appropriate when diarrhea develops in a hospitalized patient?
authors.affiliation: Staff Physician, Infectious Diseases, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Sheena K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ramdeen
authors.affiliation: Section Chief, Infectious Diseases, and Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA. E-mail: glenn.w.wortmann@medstar.net.|Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.|Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wortmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients