Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea after living donor liver transplantation

Table 3 Microbiological data of patients with postoperative CDAD and asymptomatic carriage of C. difficile

	Positive microbiological test
	Culture	ICA for toxin A	Latex test3	Total
CDAD1	5	10	1	11
Asymptomatic carriage2	16	1	0	16
Total	21	11	1	27

¹C. difficile was detected both by stool culture and ICA for toxin A in 4 patients, and both by stool culture and latex agglutination test for C. difficile protein (glutamate dehydrogenase) in one patient;

²C. difficile was detected both by stool culture and ICA for toxin A in one patient;

³Detection for C. difficile protein (glutamate dehydrogenase). ICA: immunochromatography assay; C. difficile: Clostridium difficile; CDAD: Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.