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• Clindamycin [r]: An antibiotic drug, in the lincomycin class, used to treat infections including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; use is associated with an increased incidence of Clostridium difficile enteritis ^[e]
• Clinical prediction rule [r]: Study in which researchers try to identify the best combination of medical sign, symptoms, and other findings in predicting the probability of a specific disease or outcome. ^[e]
• Colon (anatomy) [r]: The segment of large intestine between the cecum and the rectum including the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon. ^[e]
• Colonoscopy [r]: Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon. ^[e]
• Cross infection [r]: Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution. ^[e]
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• Polymerase chain reaction [r]: A biochemical technique used to amplify the amount of DNA obtained from a sample. ^[e]
• Probiotics [r]: Live microbial dietary supplements which beneficially affect the host animal's intestinal microbial balance. ^[e]
• Proton pump inhibitor [r]: Drugs used to lower gastrointestinal acidity by blocking acid secretion ^[e]
• Pseudomembranous enterocolitis [r]: Enterocolitis with the formation and passage of pseudomembranous material in the stools, caused by a necrolytic exotoxin made by Clostridium difficile. ^[e]
• Staphylococcus aureus [r]: Facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive pathogenic coccus capable of producing suppurative lesions, furunculosis, pyemia, osteomyelitis, food poisoning, and may be resistant to commonly used antibiotics. ^[e]
• Systematics [r]: The study of the diversity of organism characteristics, and how they relate via evolution. ^[e]
• Teicoplanin [r]: Glycopeptide antibiotic, similar to vancomycin, used in the treatment of serious Gram-positive infections. ^[e]
• Vancomycin [r]: A glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ^[e]

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• Pseudomembranous enterocolitis [r]: Enterocolitis with the formation and passage of pseudomembranous material in the stools, caused by a necrolytic exotoxin made by Clostridium difficile. ^[e]
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