What kind of disease does C diff cause?
What kind of disease does C diff cause? Fact Sheet About C. diff C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) is a germ (bacterium) that causes severe diarrhea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). It’s estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States each year. Can a C difficile infection make you sick again? Up to 20% of people with C. difficile get sick again, either because the initial infection never went away or because they've been reinfected with a different strain of the bacteria. Your risk of recurrence is higher if...