Clostridium Difficile (also known as Antibiotic-Associated Colitis, C. Difficile, C.D., A.A.C.D. and C.D.C.) is a spore forming bacterium which is present as one of the normal bacteria in the gut of up to 3% of healthy adults. Clostridium Difficile can cause illness when certain antibiotics disturb the balance of "normal" bacteria in the gut. Its effects can range from nothing in some cases to diarrhoea of varying severity, which may resolve once antibiotic treatment is stopped, through to severe inflammation of the bowel. Other symptoms may include fever, loss of appetite, nausea and abdominal tenderness. In a small number of cases, patients have died from complicating factors arising from Clostridium Difficile Infection.
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