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Descriptor English: Clostridioides difficile
Descriptor Spanish: Clostridioides difficile
Descriptor Clostridioides difficile
Entry term(s) Clostridium difficile
Scope note: Habitante común de la flora del colon en lactantes humanos y en ocasiones en adultos. La especie tipo, Clostridioides difficile, era conocida anteriormente como Clostridium difficile. Es un agente causal de INFECCIONES POR CLOSTRIDIOIDES y se asocia a ENTEROCOLITIS SEUDOMEMBRANOSA en pacientes que reciben tratamiento antibiótico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Clostridioides difficile
Descriptor French: Clostridioides difficile
Entry term(s): Clostridium difficile
Tree number(s): B03.353.625.657.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016360
Scope note: A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. The type species Clostridioides difficile is formerly known as Clostridium difficile. It is a causative agent for CLOSTRIDIOIDES INFECTIONS and is associated with PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; otherwise coordinate with CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTIONS see CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Clostridium (1976-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 2021; see Clostridium difficile 1991-2020
History Note: 2021; use Clostridium difficile 1991-2020
Related: Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous MeSH
DeCS ID: 28890
Unique ID: D016360
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/25
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Clostridioides difficile - Preferred
Concept UI M0025018
Scope note A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. The type species Clostridioides difficile is formerly known as Clostridium difficile. It is a causative agent for CLOSTRIDIOIDES INFECTIONS and is associated with PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.
Preferred term Clostridioides difficile
Entry term(s) Clostridium difficile



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