February 27, 2015
by NewsMax Staff
(NewsMax.com) Almost half a million Americans were infected with the bacteria Clostridium difficile in 2011, and 29,000 died within a month of diagnosis, U.S. health officials report.
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“Infections with C. difficile have become increasingly common over the last few decades, and are seen in patients in health-care facilities as well as people in their communities,” Dr. Michael Bell said at a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press conference Wednesday.
C. difficile, which causes inflammation of the colon and deadly diarrhea, is often linked to antibiotic use, said Bell, deputy director of healthcare quality promotion at the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
Antibiotics can destroy the natural bacterial balance in the colon, allowing C. difficile to take over, he explained.
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