Clostridium difficile bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of dividing C. difficile bacterial cells (yellow). Old dead bacterial cell
Clostridium difficile bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of dividing C. difficile bacterial cells (yellow). Old dead bacterial cells are pink. These rod-shaped bacteria cause pseudomembranous colitis, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections, and antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Infection can be fatal. Treatment is with antibiotic drugs, although this bacterium has become increasingly resistant to the use of antibiotics.
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