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[[Image:Clostridium difficile.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Clostridium difficile''' (Author: Nephron, Wikimedia Commons)]]
''C. difficle'' become overpopulated, and begin to produce pathogenic strains producing toxins, namely enterotoxin and cytotoxin. These may cause diarrhoea, and abdominal pains, or pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) under more severe circumstances.
''Clostridium difficle'' is a gram positive bacteria of the family ''Clostridiaceae''. They are part of the normal flora, so known as a commensal bacteria. The problem arises when the bacteria competing within the host are destroyed by antibiotics.
''C. difficle'' become overpopulated, and begin to produce pathogenic strains producing toxins, namely enterotoxin and cytotoxin. These may cause [[diarrhoea]], and abdominal pains, or pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) under more severe circumstances.
It is a motile bacteria, showing optimal growth on blood agar.
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