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  2. Clostridioides difficile - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  3. Clostridioides difficile infection - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. List of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of bacteria on a "Mega-Plate" petri dish A list of antibiotic resistant bacteria is provided below. These bacteria have shown antibiotic resistance (or antimicrobial resistance). Gram positive Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrhea caused by C. difficile can be life-threatening. Infections are ...

  5. Fecal microbiota transplant - Wikipedia

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    Scanning electron micrograph of Clostridioides difficile bacteria from a stool sample. Fecal microbiota transplant is approximately 85–90% effective in people with CDI for whom antibiotics have not worked or in whom the disease recurs following antibiotics.

  6. Ridinilazole - Wikipedia

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    Ridinilazole (previously known as SMT19969) is an investigational small molecule antibiotic being evaluated for oral administration to treat Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). In vitro, it is bactericidal against C. difficile and suppresses bacterial toxin production; the mechanism of action is thought to involve inhibition of cell ...

  7. TcdE holin family - Wikipedia

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    The Clostridioides difficile TcdE Holin (TcdE Holin) Family is a group of transporters belonging to the Holin Superfamily IV. [1] A representative list of its members can be found in the Transporter Classification Database. Toxigenic strains of C. difficile produce two large toxins (TcdA and TcdB) encoded within a pathogenicity locus.

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