Clostridium difficile

/ (dɪˈfɪsɪli, ˌdɪfɪˈsiːl) /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Clostridium difficile

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How to use Clostridium difficile in a sentence

Botulism is caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, a hardy anaerobe.
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"Très jolie plante, mais d'une culture difficile" (Vilmorin).
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Flaubert devait beaucoup Chateaubriand: il serait difficile de nommer le matre des Goncourt.
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Vous n'avez qu' dire: rien ne me sera difficile' (June 1694).
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Difficile est animum perducere ad contemtionem anim: and 58.
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