Clostridium Difficile

Clostridium Difficile 

This is a microbiology term paper. It must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. The topic is focused on the bacteria Clostridium Difficile. What it is, its significance in microbiology and in medicine. How we treat it, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Some points to touch on include: – Super infections and Antibiotic- associated colitis due to use of antibiotics and disrubtion of natural biota. – s layers and bacterial endospores and their role in Clostriduim bacteria ability to adjust and survive adverse habitats through a look at their two phase life cycle (sporulation and germination) -the medical significance of pathogenic bacterial endospores and the precautions taken to guard against Clostridium Difficile that causes gastrointestinal diseases. – how the diseases caused by clostridium difficile are spread, and how we treat them including the use of fecal matter transplants from a healthy patient via colonoscopy