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Descriptor
English
:
Clostridium difficile
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Clostridium difficile
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Clostridium difficile
Tree Number:
B03.300.390.400.200.250
B03.353.625.375.500.250
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
: coordinate IM with probably
ENTEROCOLITIS
, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS (IM); otherwise coordinate with
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
INFECTIONS
(IM) see
CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS
See Related
English
:
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
History Note
English
:
91
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
28890
Unique Identifier:
D016360
Occurrence in VHL
:
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