Infection with C. difficile is one of the most common hospital infections around the world. C. difficile is most often acquired in hospitals and other care facilities after an antibiotic therapy covering a wide variety of bacteria and is the most frequent cause of outbreaks of diarrhea in hospitalized patients.
This bacterium has been found to cause colitis, which is severe inflammation in the colonic tissue and destruction of cells of the colon.
C. difficile occurs after antibiotic therapy when bacterial flora in the intestines is changed. It happens in hospitals where C. difficile is prevalent and patients frequently receive Antibiotics and rarely at private homes. The bacterium produces two toxins which cause diarrhoea and damage the cells of the bowel lining. There are strains of C. difficile that do not produce Toxinsand these strains are unlikely to cause disease and patients colonised by them usually remain healthy.
Besides diarrhea, a patient may experience abdominal discomfort / pain and fever. The disease and its symptoms are usually mild but elderly patients may get dehydrated and seriously ill.
How can we preven the spread of this Bacteria
Wash hands with soap and water after using the bathroom, changing a diaper and before preparing or eating food. Clean surfaces in bathrooms, kitchens and other areas on a regular basis with household
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