Comprehensive Clostridium Culture

About the Test

The Comprehensive Clostridium Culture is a specialized anaerobic culture optimized for Clostridium that detects nearly 40 beneficial and pathogenic species, including C. botulinum, C. tetani, C. perfringens, and C. difficile. If C. difficile is cultured at any level, the sample is automatically tested for all known toxigenic strains using an FDA-cleared, molecular diagnostic DNA assay.

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Clostridium Culture

Clostridium Culture

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