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A 67-year-old American man was admitted to the hospital unconscious after suffering a stroke. Laboratory tests found elevated white blood cell count, positive stool occult blood and Clostridium difficile toxin assays, indicating Clostridium difficile associated colitis (CDAC) as the diagnosis. CDAC results from C. difficile colonization and toxin production, causing colon inflammation and bleeding detectable by stool occult blood test. While some abnormal lab values such as low red blood cells were unrelate
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- Ariel Mojana
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