Testing mucus

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susant
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Testing mucus

Postby susant » Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:04 pm

Hey!

I'm in the process of doing a 30 day dificid taper. I have a question though... has anyone tested only mucus by pcr and gotten a negative? My pcr was positive but it was mucus with no stool. I don't think it was incorrect as it cleared up after dificid but it seemed to be clearing up before I started dificid so now I'm confused. It doesn't matter at this point because I've already started the taper but just curious if mucus messes with pcr.
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georgina
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Re: Testing mucus

Postby georgina » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:17 am

Hi susan
I tested just mucus once , but with the old toxins test , it came back positive.
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beth22
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Re: Testing mucus

Postby beth22 » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:27 am

When I first got c diff, I also tested just M and it was positive. In the last few years, I have tested a couple of times when I had a lot of M and it was negative. So, both are possible. M does not always mean a positive test or that it is c diff.
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seekingcure
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Re: Testing mucus

Postby seekingcure » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:32 am

I tested just blood and mucus and it came back positive by PCR.
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