Role of Cycle Threshold in Clostridioides difficile Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Abstract Background Distinguishing Clostridioides difficile infection from colonization is challenging in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Cycle threshold (Ct), the cutoff for PCR positivity, has been investigated in non-IBD patients. Methods Patients with positive C. difficile PCR (25 IBD, 51 non-IBD) were identified retrospectively. Fifteen-day outcomes were assessed. Results Ct correlated with diarrheal days in non-IBD (P = 0.048), but not IBD patients (P = 0.769). IBD patients had shorter LOS and less severe infection, but more diarrheal days (P < 0.05). Conclusions IBD patients had a milder course but Ct results were not significant. Larger studies are needed to clarify utility of Ct in IBD.
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