Ghada Al-Rawahi

FRCPC, MD, DTM&H, D(ABMM)

Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

My current research is focused on Clostridioides difficile infection. C. difficile is a common bacterium in the human gut that usually does not cause infection but in certain circumstances can cause diarrhea. It is significant because it can easily spread from patient to patient in hospitals if infection prevention measures and environmental cleaning practices are suboptimal. The current focus is on the interpretation of indeterminate (antigen positive/toxin negative) C. difficile testing and how patients are managed. I'm also aiming to improve the diagnostic stewardship of C. difficile to ensure that testing is done when clinically indicated and the right sample is collected.