Relationship between Clostridioides difficile stool concentration, nucleic acid amplification test results, and environmental contamination

Authors

• Mary Morgan Lee, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Kimberly A Reske, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Tiffany Hink, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Skye R S Fishbein, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Erin P Newcomer, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Candice Cass, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Margaret A Olsen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Gautam Dantas, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Carey-Ann D Burnham, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Erik R Dubberke, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Publication Date

4-1-2026

Volume

13

Issue

4

First Page

ofag121

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1093/ofid/ofag121

Rights and Permissions

Mary Morgan Lee, Kimberly A Reske, Tiffany Hink, Skye R S Fishbein, Erin P Newcomer, Candice Cass, Margaret A Olsen, Gautam Dantas, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Erik R Dubberke, Relationship Between Clostridioides difficile Stool Concentration, Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Results, and Environmental Contamination, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2026, ofag121, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag121. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/13/4/ofag121/8571752?login=true. © The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.

Recommended Citation

Lee, Mary Morgan; Reske, Kimberly A; Hink, Tiffany; Fishbein, Skye R S; Newcomer, Erin P; Cass, Candice; Olsen, Margaret A; Dantas, Gautam; Burnham, Carey-Ann D; and Dubberke, Erik R, "Relationship between Clostridioides difficile stool concentration, nucleic acid amplification test results, and environmental contamination." Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 13, 4. ofag121 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/6517

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)