The Clostridium Difficile Diagnostics and Treatment Market involves testing and treatment of Clostridium Difficile bacteria, which causes life-threatening diarrhea. Clostridium Difficile infection often develops when a person's normal gut bacteria are disrupted by antibiotics used to treat other infections. The diagnostic tests help identify Clostridium Difficile bacteria or toxins in stool...
Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. It predominantly affects older adults in hospitals or long-term care facilities and typically develops secondary to treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics. The bacterium produces toxins that cause inflammation of the colon...