C. difficile

Diarrhea and colitis Part of normal GI flora Disease develops after 5-10 of antibiotics treatment (kills competitors of c.difficile) Enterotoxin A and B Smells like horse in lab culture ELISA and 16s rRNA (Some strains are known to produce actin – specific ADP-ribosyltransferase (binary toxin) such as ribotypes 027)