Clostridium difficile

Question 1

shape

Answer 1

• gram (+) bacilli
• obligate anaerobe
• spore-former

Question 2

associated with

Answer 2

taking antibiotics and with hospitals

Question 3

the most frequent cause of

Answer 3

hospitalized patients

Question 4

pseudomembranous colitis is caused by

Answer 4

enterotoxins (A-B) that cause necrosis of the epithelial cell lining the colon

Question 5

what forms pseudomembranes

Answer 5

dead epithelial cells, exudate, dead neutrophils and bactera

Question 6

treatment of C diff

Answer 6

fecal microbiota transplants