Table 1 Bristol stool chart [14]
From: Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in community teaching hospital: a retrospective study
| Type 1 |
| Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass) |
| Type 2 |
| Sausage-shaped but lumpy |
| Type 3 |
| Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface |
| Type 4 |
| Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft |
| Type 5 |
| Soft blobs with clear-cuts edges (passed easily) |
| Type 6 |
| Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool |
| Type 7 |
| Watery, no solid pieces, entirely liquid |