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Descriptor English:   Clostridium difficile 
Descriptor Spanish:   Clostridium difficile 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Clostridium difficile 
Tree Number:   B03.300.390.400.200.250
B03.510.415.400.200.250
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   infection = probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS
See Related English:   Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
 
History Note English:   91 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
chemistry classification
cytology drug effects
enzymology growth & development
genetics immunology
isolation & purification metabolism
physiology pathogenicity
radiation effects ultrastructure
virology  
Record Number:   28890 
Unique Identifier:   D016360 

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