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Georgette · 01-15-2007, 05:14 PM

My father died in May 2001 after he came down with clostridium difficile. Since November 2001 I have had IBS-D problems. In March 2002 I had a stool test for c-diff and it came back negative. So my question is can the test give a false negative?

01-15-2007, 05:14 PM	#1
Georgette Senior Member (female) Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 208	Clostridium difficile - can it give false negatives? My father died in May 2001 after he came down with clostridium difficile. Since November 2001 I have had IBS-D problems. In March 2002 I had a stool test for c-diff and it came back negative. So my question is can the test give a false negative?