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Clostridioides difficile infection [5] (CDI or C-diff), also known as Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection due to the spore-forming bacterium Clostridioides difficile. [6] Symptoms include watery diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal pain. [1] It makes up about 20% of cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. [1]
Clostridioides difficile (syn. Clostridium difficile) is a bacterium known for causing serious diarrheal infections, and may also cause colon cancer. [4] [5] It is known also as C. difficile, or C. diff (/ s iː d ɪ f /), and is a Gram-positive species of spore-forming bacteria. [6]
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
The causes listed are relatively immediate medical causes, but the ultimate cause of death might be described differently. For example, tobacco smoking often causes lung disease or cancer, and alcohol use disorder can cause liver failure or a motor vehicle accident.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its annual list of causes of death in the U.S. The leading cause of death has changed in recent years. COVID-19 has plummeted to ...
C. difficile can cause pseudomembranous colitis in humans, [5] and in hospitalized patients who develop it, fulminant C. difficile colitis is a significant and increasing cause of death. [6] Horses under stress appear to be more susceptible to developing colitis X. [2] Disease onset is often closely associated with surgery or transport. [1]
Heart disease and cancer are still the leading causes of death For more than 100 years, heart disease has been the number one No. 1 cause of death in the U.S, and the pandemic has done nothing to ...
Micrograph of pseudomembranous colitis, a cause of toxic megacolon. H&E stain. Specialty: Gastroenterology: Symptoms: Swelling of the belly, Pain in the belly, Fever, Rapid heart rate, Shock, Diarrhea. [1] Complications: Septic shock, perforation of the colon: Risk factors: Chronic bowel disease: Prognosis: Fatal without treatment