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==Clostridium difficile==
==Clostridium difficile==
*Commonly ''C. difficile''.
*Commonly ''C. difficile''.
===General===
*Gram positive bacillus.


One virulent strain is:<ref>URL: [http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/2254 http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/2254]. Accessed on: 15 August 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McDonald | first1 = LC. | last2 = Killgore | first2 = GE. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = A. | last4 = Owens | first4 = RC. | last5 = Kazakova | first5 = SV. | last6 = Sambol | first6 = SP. | last7 = Johnson | first7 = S. | last8 = Gerding | first8 = DN. | title = An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 353 | issue = 23 | pages = 2433-41 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa051590 | PMID = 16322603 }}</ref> BI/NAP1.
One virulent strain is:<ref>URL: [http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/2254 http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/2254]. Accessed on: 15 August 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McDonald | first1 = LC. | last2 = Killgore | first2 = GE. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = A. | last4 = Owens | first4 = RC. | last5 = Kazakova | first5 = SV. | last6 = Sambol | first6 = SP. | last7 = Johnson | first7 = S. | last8 = Gerding | first8 = DN. | title = An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 353 | issue = 23 | pages = 2433-41 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa051590 | PMID = 16322603 }}</ref> BI/NAP1.

Revision as of 23:41, 15 August 2011

Bacteria cause lotsa problems. They are not infrequently seen by pathologists.

Helicobacter pylori

See Stomach.

Clostridium difficile

  • Commonly C. difficile.

General

  • Gram positive bacillus.

One virulent strain is:[1][2] BI/NAP1.

  • Deletion of tcdC locus.
  • Resistant to fluoroquinolones (gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin).

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/2254. Accessed on: 15 August 2011.
  2. McDonald, LC.; Killgore, GE.; Thompson, A.; Owens, RC.; Kazakova, SV.; Sambol, SP.; Johnson, S.; Gerding, DN. (Dec 2005). "An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile.". N Engl J Med 353 (23): 2433-41. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa051590. PMID 16322603.