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

Faecal transplants – also known as a trans-poo-tion - are already approved for treating severe diarrhoea caused by Clostridium difficile bacteria.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023

Pictured here is a scanning electron micrograph of Clostridium difficile, a Gram- positive, rod-shaped bacterium that causes severe 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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