Clostridium difficile
Britishnoun
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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
That means they can kill off good bacteria and lead to the overgrowth of potentially dangerous ones such as Clostridium difficile or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
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
Excessive abdominal noise is an uncommon, but not unprecedented, presenting symptom of infection with the bacteria Clostridium difficile, which can be fatal.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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