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C.difficile

British  
/ dɪˈfɪsɪli, ˌdɪfɪˈsiːl /

noun

  1. short for Clostridium difficile

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Of the previous management problems at the board, he said there was confusion and a lack of clarity over who was in charge of what when the C.difficile outbreak occurred.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2014

That showed the death rate for patients with a type of infection called fulminant C.difficile colitis was 75 percent.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2011

With rates of hospital-acquired C.difficile infection rising in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world, that could save lives as well as reducing expensive days of extra care.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2011

One of his published studies reported that in patients with recurrent C.difficile infection, 60 out of 67 -- 90 percent -- of those who received faecal transplants were cured.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2011

The most commonly used antibiotic for C.difficile is metronidazole, and some more severe forms are treated with vancomycin, traditionally seen as the antibiotic of last resort.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2011