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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Clostridium Difficile Infection: You Want to Transplant What?!
Description: Guest: Maria I. Vazquez Roque, M.D. (@MVazquezRoqueMD)
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Clostridium difficile is a toxin-producing bacterium that can result in a severe form of antibiotic-associated diarrhea known as clostridium difficile infection or CDI. Cases can vary from mild diarrhea to severe colitis that at times can be fatal. There’s been a dramatic increase in the number as well as severity of CDIs in the U.S. over the past 20 years. Although CDI typically occurs following the use of antibiotics, it can also be spread from one individual to another, espe...