title: Deadly diarrhea: Clostridium difficile infection.
abstract: Diarrhea is often only a minor inconvenience, but sometimes it can be deadly--especially if it results from a Clostridium difficile infection. Clostridium difficile colitis is becoming increasingly common and more virulent, and patients with kidney failure are at increased risk for development of a Clostridium disfficile infection. This article provides information about Clostridium difficile infection, its incidence, diagnosis, and treatment. In addition, the article discusses how to combat the transmission of Clostridium difficile infection by employing specific infection control recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Memphis VA Medical Center, Nephrology, Memphis, TN, USA. carol.motes.headley@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carol Motes
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Headley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology