C.difficile

British  

/ dɪˈfɪsɪli, ˌdɪfɪˈsiːl /

noun

1. short for Clostridium difficile

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Example Sentences

The phase 3 trial, which used a higher dose and a more precise screening test, included 182 participants infected with C. difficile who were randomized to get either SER-109 or a placebo, following a standard course of antibiotics.

From Science Magazine

C. difficile infection recurred in 40% of the placebo group, but just 12% of the treatment group, researchers report today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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The microbiome company Rebiotix Inc. last year announced positive results from a phase 3 trial of its recurrent C. difficile treatment, a filtered stool product delivered as an enema.

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Bacteria in this group are valuable because they can compete with C. difficile in the gut, “taking its space and its food and its carbon sources,” says Seres Chief Medical Officer Lisa von Moltke; the Firmicutes also change the composition of bile acids in the intestines, making the environment less hospitable for C. difficile, she notes.

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But she’s eager to see SER-109 rolled out to C. difficile patients.

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