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Table 3 Seasonal variability in the occurrence of positive test results in patients with IBD

From: Retrospective analysis of Clostridioides difficile and other intestinal infections in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the tertiary hospital in Poland. POLIBD survey results

Summer months

Winter months

Positive results of tests for C. difficile toxins A and B in stool

 60

22

Positive results of rectal swab cultures

 14

6