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Clostridium difficile

British

/ -dɪˈfɪsɪli, -ˌdɪfɪˈsiːl /

noun

a faecal organism endemic in hospitals and responsible for the majority of hospital-acquired cases of diarrhoea in elderly patients sometimes shortened to C.difficile C.diff

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Clostridium difficile

Fecal microbe transplants from healthy donors can treat patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023

People with recurrent illness caused by hard-to-treat bacterium Clostridium difficile can be offered faecal transplants, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022

People who take high doses of antibiotics tend to lose many of their normal gut bacteria, allowing a naturally antibiotic-resistant species called Clostridium difficile to overgrow and cause severe gastric problems, especially chronic diarrhea.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

But regular use has been linked to increased susceptibility to hip fracture and serious bacterial infections, such as Clostridium difficile and pneumonia.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

Within months, outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clostridium difficile, and E. coli are observed in patients around the world.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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