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  2. Clostridioides difficile infection - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms of CDI range from mild diarrhea to severe life-threatening inflammation of the colon. [16]In adults, a clinical prediction rule found the best signs to be significant diarrhea ("new onset of more than three partially formed or watery stools per 24-hour period"), recent antibiotic exposure, abdominal pain, fever (up to 40.5 °C or 105 °F), and a distinctive foul odor to the ...

  3. 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]

  4. Fecal microbiota - Wikipedia

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    Fecal microbiota, sold under the brand name, Rebyota is used for the prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection. [1] [4] The most commonly reported adverse reactions include abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distention, flatulence, and nausea. [1] Fecal microbiota is prepared from stool donated by qualified individuals. [4]

  5. Fecal microbiota transplant - Wikipedia

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    It proposed an interim discretionary enforcement period, if 1) informed consent is used, mentioning investigational aspect and risks, 2) stool donor is known to either the person with the condition or physician, and 3) stool donor and stool are screened and tested under the direction of the physician (79 FR 10814, February 26, 2014). [63]

  6. Chronic diarrhea of infancy - Wikipedia

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    Chronic infection of C. difficile, G. lamblia. C. difficile — bacteria that can be the source of diarrhea. [32] G. lamblia — a parasite that can be the source diarrhea. [33] From 1–12 months, typical causes of chronic diarrhea are the following: Acrodermatitis enteropathica, a condition in which the intestine cannot absorb zinc. [16]

  7. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth - Wikipedia

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    The glycocholic acid breath test involves the administration of the bile acid 14 C glycocholic acid, and the detection of 14 CO 2, which would be elevated in bacterial overgrowth. [ citation needed ] However, some physicians suggest that if the suspicion of bacterial overgrowth is high enough, the best diagnostic test is a trial of treatment.

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  9. Human feces - Wikipedia

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    Human feces photographed in a toilet, shortly after defecation.. Human feces (American English) or faeces (British English), commonly and in medical literature more often called stool, [1] are the solid or semisolid remains of food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine of humans, but has been further broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.