"Clostridium difficile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. It produces a toxin that causes pseudomembranous enterocolitis (ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS) in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D016360
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200.250 B03.353.625.375.500.250 B03.510.415.400.200.250
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clostridium difficile" by people in Profiles.
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Randomised clinical trial: faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridum difficile infection - fresh, or frozen, or lyophilised microbiota from a small pool of healthy donors delivered by colonoscopy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017 04; 45(7):899-908.
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Clostridium difficile and cytomegalovirus colitis co-infection: search for the hidden 'bug'. Transpl Infect Dis. 2011 Aug; 13(4):411-5.
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Antibiotic associated colitis. Indian J Pediatr. 1993 Jul-Aug; 60(4):591-4.