Learning Activity 2: Self Assessment, Evaluation, and Credit Application Form

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1. C. difficile testing may be appropriate for patients with...

Absence of clinically significant diarrhea

Patients taking a laxative

Presence of diarrhea with abdominal pain

Absence of clinically significant diarrhea and patients taking a laxative

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2. Following successful antimicrobial treatment of C. difficile infection, the patient should be tested for presence of C. difficile in the stool.

True

False

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3. Which diagnostic technique can be used to detect the presence of C. difficile toxin?

Glutamate dehydrogenase assay

Stool culture

Tissue culture cytotoxicity assay

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

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4. Which C. difficile diagnostic assay requires the most time to obtain a result?

PCR-based assay

Glutamate dehydrogenase assay

Toxin enzyme immunoassay

Stool culture

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5. Which two clinical parameters are used to determine severity of disease for C. difficile infection?

White blood cell count and serum creatinine

White blood cell count and temperature

Blood urea nitrogen and procalcitonin

Neutrophil count and serum albumin