Clostridioides difficile (syn. Clostridium difficile) is a bacterium known for causing serious diarrheal infections, and may also cause colon cancer. It...
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Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI or C-diff), also known as Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection due to the spore-forming...
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Clostridioides difficile toxin A (TcdA) is a toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridioides difficile, formerly known as Clostridium difficile. It is similar...
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Clostridioides difficile toxin B (TcdB) is a cytotoxin produced by the bacteria Clostridioides difficile. It is one of two major kinds of toxins produced...
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Clostridioides is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes Clostridioides difficile, a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea. The genus...
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treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection, which is also known as Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea or Clostridioides difficile-associated...
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Clindamycin (section Clostridioides difficile)
clindamycin, but which also occurs with other antibiotics. Overgrowth of Clostridioides difficile, which is inherently resistant to clindamycin, results in the production...
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Dysbiosis (section Clostridioides difficile)
paratuberculosis (MAP), adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC), and Clostridium difficile. The causal role, if any, these bacteria play has yet to be determined...
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Rifaximin (section Clostridioides difficile infection)
discoloration of urine. The most serious side effects of rifaximin are: Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) Drug-resistant bacterial superinfection...
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Metronidazole (section C. difficile colitis)
amebiasis. It is an option for a first episode of mild-to-moderate Clostridioides difficile colitis if vancomycin or fidaxomicin is unavailable. Metronidazole...
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