Re: What does "C-Diff" Please?

From: Judy Kemp (jukemp@utmb.edu)
Fri Aug 8 21:23:10 2003


Clostridium difficile -- a bacteria that can over grow in the colon for different reasons, the most common being, use of antibiotics (especially in a patient who is/was hospitalized). It causes diarrhea, abdominal pain and colon inflammation. On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 07:43 PM, Chrissie Damon wrote:

> Can someone please tell me what "C-Diff" means?  I've seen it in
> posts, and I've posted and asked......one more time.
> Thanks


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