Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that causes a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to severe pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile can be transmitted by the fecal-oral route from person to person and instrument to patient.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Bacterial intestinal infections
1A04 Intestinal infections due to Clostridioides difficile
H00338 Pseudomembranous colitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria
H00338 Pseudomembranous colitis
