Fast Five Quiz: Are You Able to Confront Clostridium Difficile Infections?

Michael Stuart Bronze, MD

September 13, 2018

Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus that is responsible for the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. C difficile infection commonly manifests as mild to moderate diarrhea, occasionally with abdominal cramping. In rare cases, patients with C difficile infection can present with an acute abdomen and fulminant, life-threatening colitis.

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Cite this: Michael Stuart Bronze. Fast Five Quiz: Are You Able to Confront Clostridium Difficile Infections? - Medscape - Jan 04, 2016.

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Fast Five Quiz: Are You Able to Confront Clostridium Difficile Infections?

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