Clostridium difficile infection — Flashcards

Clostridium difficile infection — Flashcards

Clostridium difficile infection — Flashcards
#1

Salmonella _____ causes inflammatory diarrhea

#2

_____ are one of the leading causes of nosocomial (hospital) infections in the U.S. due to high antibiotic resistance.

#3

Clostridium perfringens binds _____, resulting in watery diarrhea due to destruction of tight junctions

#4

Which Clostridium difficile exotoxin results in depolymerization of actin leading to enterocyte death and necrosis?_____

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