Question

what is the significant health data for a C-diff patient

Answer 1

Clostridium difficile is a gram positive , anaerobic , spore forming bacillus which was predominate bacterial cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis, the manifestation of the clostridium difficile can range from the asymptomatic colonization to mild diarrheal illness to more severe disease which includes pseudomembranous colitis , toxic megacolon , sepsis and death, in the recent data from the US it shows that the incidences of clostridum difficile have reached a crescendo in recent years and is leveling off or slightly declining, paralleling this increased prevalence ther has also been a corresponding increase in morbidity and mortality associated with clostridium difficile, the increased burden of clostridium difficile places a significant finanical constraint on the healthcare system, , the pateints who take antibiotics are most at risk for developing clostridium difficile infections. more than half of all hospitalized patients will get an antibiotics at some point during the hospital stay will get an antibotics at some point during their hospital stay , the person board spectrum antibiotics beneficial bacteria that are normally present in the human gut and protect against infection can be suppressed for several weeks to months so at that timepatient get sick from this infection, and thepatients 65 years or older get c.difff infections, and women and causian people are at increased risk of c.diff infection, approximately 2/3rd of the c.diff infections were found to be associated with an inpatient stay in a health care facility.