C. diff (Clostridioides difficile) | CDC
www.cdc.gov › cdiffClostridioides difficile [klos–TRID–e–OY-dees dif–uh–SEEL] is formerly known as Clostridium difficile and often called C. difficile or C. diff. C. diff is a germ (bacterium) that causes diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). Most cases of C. diff infection occur while you’re taking antibiotics or not long after you’ve finished taking antibiotics.
Clostridium difficile – Wikipedia
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_difficileClostridioides difficile (syn. Clostridium difficile ) (CDF) on grampositiivinen, sauvanmuotoinen, itiöitä muodostava, anaerobinen bakteeri. Se voi aiheuttaa muun muassa ohut- ja paksusuolen tulehdusta, jos suoliston normaalifloora tuhoutuu antibioottikuurin yhteydessä. Oireena voi olla vaikeahoitoinen, huonokuntoisilla kuolemaan johtava veriripuli. Kuolleisuus on 10–12 prosenttia…
Clostridium difficile - PMC - PubMed Central (PMC)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesClostridium difficile is an obligate anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive rod first described in 1935 as Bacillus difficilis in the fecal flora of healthy infants. 1 The organism remained unrecognized as a cause of human infection until 1977 when it was identified as the cause of what had previously been referred to as antibiotic-associated colitis. 2, 3 Hall and O’Toole’s species name reflected difficulty of isolating C. difficile from other anaerobic and facultative stool flora ...