Clostridioides difficile infection
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clostridioides-difficile-infection-188-9194378
title:
Clostridioides difficile infection
text:
Clostridioides difficile infection, also known as Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection due to the spore-forming bacterium Clostridioides difficile. Symptoms include watery diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal pain. It makes up about 20% of cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Antibiotics can contribute to detrimental changes in gut microbiota; specifically, they decrease short-chain fatty acid absorption which results in osmotic, or watery, diarrhea. Complications ma
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Disease caused by C. difficile bacteria
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridioides_difficile_infection
date created:
2004-02-12T21:44:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:46:43Z
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