Clostridium difficile

"Clostridium difficile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. It produces a toxin that causes pseudomembranous enterocolitis (ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS) in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.

Descriptor ID

D016360

MeSH Number(s)

B03.300.390.400.200.250

B03.510.415.400.200.250

Concept/Terms

Clostridium difficile

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clostridium difficile".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Endospore-Forming Bacteria [B03.300]
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria [B03.300.390]
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods [B03.300.390.400]
Clostridium [B03.300.390.400.200]
Clostridium difficile [B03.300.390.400.200.250]
Gram-Positive Bacteria [B03.510]
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria [B03.510.415]
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods [B03.510.415.400]
Clostridium [B03.510.415.400.200]
Clostridium difficile [B03.510.415.400.200.250]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Clostridium difficile".

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