Clostridioides difficile

Translingual

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Proper noun

Clostridioides difficile n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Peptostreptococcaceae – a particular bacterium which can be fatal to humans, associated with hospital-acquired infections, formerly Clostridium difficile.

Synonyms

• Clostridium difficile, Peptoclostridium difficile

Hypernyms

• (species): Clostridiales – order; Peptostreptococcaceae – family; Clostridioides – genus

Related terms

• C. diff
• C. difficile

See also

• CDI

References

• Clostridioides difficile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clostridioides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clostridium difficile on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clostridioides-difficile at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Clostridioides difficile at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia