What is Cdiff

Cdiff or Clostridium Difficile is a bacterium which is present as one of the normal bacteria in the gut of up to 3% of healthy adults.

Cdiff as it is commonly known can cause illness when certain antibiotics disturb the balance of normal bacteria in the gut.

The effects of Cdiff can range from nothing in some cases to diarrhea of varying severity, which may resolve once antibiotic treatment is stopped, through to severe inflammation of the bowel.

Other symptoms may include fever, loss of appetite, nausea and abdominal tenderness. In a small number of cases, patients have died from complicating factors arising from Clostridium Difficile Infection.