Deadly diarrhea disease C. difficile infects almost 500,000 in U.S. each year

Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes swelling of the colon and potentially deadly bouts of diarrhea, infects almost half a million people each year and contributes to the deaths of 29,000, according to new research.

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