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Clostridium difficile
	; C. difficile colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Division:	Firmicutes;
Class:	Clostridia;
Order:	Clostridiales;
Family:	Clostridiaceae;
Genus:	Clostridium;
Species:	C. difficile;
Binomial name
	Clostridium difficile; Hall & O'Toole, 1935

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abhishek Deshpande, M.D., PhD

Synonyms and keywords: C. Diff

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Historical Perspective

Pathophysiology

Causes

Differentiating Clostridium difficile from other Diseases

Epidemiology and Demographics

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Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

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UK Clostridium difficile Support Group
Clostridium difficile Support Group
"From hand to mouth" Article from The Economist discussing C. difficile (requires subscription)
Pathema-Clostridium Resource
US CDC Report on Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk--Four States, 2005

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-* {{cite journal |author=Dallal R, Harbrecht B, Boujoukas A, Sirio C, Farkas L, Lee K, Simmons R |title=Fulminant ''Clostridium difficile'': an underappreciated and increasing cause of death and complications |journal=Ann Surg |volume=235 |issue=3 |pages=363-72 |year=2002 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=11882758 |pmid=11882758}}
-* {{cite book | author = Martin S, Jung R | title = Gastrointestinal infections and enterotoxigenic poisonings. In:  Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey LM, editors). | pages = pp. 2042-2043 | edition = 6th ed. | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 2005 | id = ISBN }}
-* {{cite journal |author=McDonald L, Killgore G, Thompson A, Owens R, Kazakova S, Sambol S, Johnson S, Gerding D |title=An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of ''Clostridium difficile'' |journal=N Engl J Med |volume=353 |issue=23 |pages=2433-41 |year=2005 |pmid=16322603}}
-* {{cite book | author = Yamada T; Alpers DH (editors) | title = Textbook of Gastroenterology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = pp. 1870-1875 | publisher = Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | year = 2003 | id = ISBN 0-7817-2861-4 }}
-* {{cite journal |author=van den Hof S, van der Kooi T, van den Berg R, Kuijper E, Notermans D |title=''Clostridium difficile'' PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited |journal=Euro Surveill |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=E060126.2 |year=2006 |url=http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/060126.asp#2 | pmid=16801713}}
-* {{cite journal |author=Sunenshine R, McDonald L | title = ''Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen''| journal=Cleveland Clinic J. Med. |volume=73 |pages=187 |year=2006}}
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