Factors Favouring the Development of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Critically Ill Patients

Abstract

Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore-forming, toxin-forming, gram-positive bacillus present in the bacterial flora of the colon is the principal cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in adults.

Keywords

• nosocomial infection
• clostridium difficile
• pantoprazole
• antibiotic therapy