C. Diff Research Paper

Clostridium Difficile, C. difficile or more commonly called C. diff. belongs to the “domain bacteria which makes it a prokaryotic, its Phylum is Firmicutes, its class is Clostridia, its order is clostridiales, its family is Peptostreptococcaceae” (Brymer). “Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces two exotoxins: toxin A and toxin B. It is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). It accounts for 15-25% of all episodes of AAD.” [1] The two toxins produced by C. diff are toxin A and toxin B. “Toxin A is an enterotoxin and cytotoxin that causes fluid secretion and increased musical permeability because of the increased inflammation” (Brymer). “Toxin B is a cytotoxin, that bind to
diff include: water diarrhea that has a particular, Fever, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain and tenderness. [ ] in server cases C. diff can even cause sepsis and death caused by shock. Treatment for C. diff in simple cases is easy, you just stop taking the antibiotic. But in more moderate cases it may require IV antibiotics (usually vancomycin) to kill C. diff and probiotics to help replace the normal flora. If that doesn’t work or if a patient has a problematic case of C. diff in which the infection reoccurs a stool transplant may be necessary. Stool transplant (A.K.A Fecal transplant) are typical taken from family members or other healthy people and inserted in to the small insistent in to via colonoscopy of an infected patient which allows for the regrowth of normal flora.
One of the few economic benefits of C. diff is found in Fecal transplant. According to OpenBiome a stool bank located in Medford, MA a stool donor can make 40$ per stool donation. The stool donor must donate stool five days a week for sixty days. Which would result in the stool donor receiving (Stool donation , n.d.) a total of $12,000 for the sixty day of donation