Clostridium Difficile Colitis Center - West Orange, NJ
West Orange Gastroenterologist Doctors for Clostridium Difficile ColitisType of Physician: Gastroenterologist What is a Gastroenterologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners focus on the stomach, intestines, colon, liver, and gallbladder (digestive organs). The gastroenterologist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice and they consult with surgeons when abdominal operations are indicated. Specialty: Gastroenterology Common Name: GI Doctor Gastroenterologist Doctors in West Orange * John N Green MD  Theodore DaCosta MD  Drs Gaymon & Rudd  Drs Gaymon & Rudd  Gastroenterology Center PA  Vitaly A Fishbein MD  Ruby Sampson MD  Mohamad Ayub Bajwa MD  Nina Coffin MD  Fiore DeVito MD  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  The Gastroenterology Group of New Jersey PA  Montclair Gastroenterology Consultants  Dennis A Tobia MD  Louis J Celebre MD  Charles S Goldberg MD  Michael Kottas MD  Robert Eagle MD  Jon D Green MD  Advanced Gastroenterology  Drs McCabe Ruffini & Stefaniwsky  Drs McCabe Ruffini & Stefaniwsky  University Hospital Digestive Diseases  UMDNJ Department of Medicine  University Hospital Digestive Diseases  Robert R Gialanella MD  Robert R Gialanella MD  University Hospital Hepatology Department  Daniel Manzi MD  Essex Gastroenterology Associates  Harry M Friedland MD  Essex Gastroenterology Associates  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Affiliates In Gastroenterology PA  Michael Goldfarb MD  Rajender K Arora MD  Jennifer Brown DO  Jennifer Brown DO  Mahesh Desai MD  Robert A Levinson MD  Michael Rosen MD  Mehul N Shah MD  Caldwell Medical Center  Alfred W Helwig III MD  Sandhya Shah MD & Rajan Shah MD  Masood A Rizvi MD  Murray Belsky MD  Robert I Greenblatt MD  Drs Sundaram & Sundaram  Patrick G Tempera MD PC  Essex Gastro Associates PA  Ramon A Fernandez-Ledon MD  Ramon A Fernandez-Ledon MD  Essex Gastro Associates PA  Pradeep S Mahal MD  R Swami Nathan MD  Advance Gastroenterology Center PC  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Associates In Digestive Diseases PA  Center For Digestive Medicine  Advance Gastroenterology Center PC  Elias M Pascual MD  Anil Agarwal MD  New Jersey Physicians  Northeastern Gastroenterology Associates  Bernard H Chaiken MD  Kogan Gastroenterologic Group  Mark Waxman MD  Renee J Cabaleiro MD  Passaic County Gastroenterology  Bellardini Kosc & Pavlou MDs  Michael Mainero MD  Passaic County Gastroenterology  Bellardini Kosc & Pavlou MDs  Passaic County Gastroenterology  Piotr Huskowski MD  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  Joseph M Roth MD & Howard P Gliklich MD PA  Ricardo E Rodriguez MD  Walid J Baddoura MD  New Jersey Physician  John J Farkas MD  William J Focazio MD  St Joseph Hospital  New Jersey Physician  J Luis Delgado MD  Jerome B Zeldis MD  Subodh Patel MD  Ashok Gupta MD  Arun Naik MD  United Medical PC  Saad Habba MD  Westfield Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology  Westfield Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology West Orange, New JerseyUpcoming Local Events2012-05-29
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Clostridium Difficile Colitis (Antibiotic-Associated Colitis, C. difficile colitis)What is Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)?Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that is related to the bacterium that cause tetanus and botulism. The C. difficile bacterium has two forms, an active, infectious form that cannot survive in the environment for prolonged periods, and a nonactive, "noninfectious" form, called a spore, that can survive in the environment for prolonged periods. Although spores cannot cause infection directly, when they are ingested they transform into the active, infectious form. C. difficile spores are found frequently in:
They can be found on:
They even can be carried by pets. Thus, these environments are a ready source for infection with C. difficile.
What is Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis?Antibiotic-associated (C. difficile) colitis is an infection of the colon caused by C. difficile that occurs primarily among individuals who have been using antibiotics. It is the most common infection acquired by patients while they are in the hospital. More than three million C. difficile infections occur in hospitals in the US each year. After a stay of only two days in a hospital, 10% of patients will develop infection with C. difficile. C. difficile also may be acquired outside of hospitals in the community. It is estimated that 20,000 infections with C. difficile occur in t... Recommended Reading Related to Clostridium Difficile Colitis (Antibiotic-Associated Colitis, C. difficile colitis)Stool Color & Texture Changes (Black, Red, Maroon, Green, Yellow, Gray, Tarry, Sticky) » What color is normal stool?Stool (feces) is most commonly brown in color, and many people become curious or concerned when the color of their stool changes. Most stool-to-stool changes in color have little meaning; however, some changes, particularly if the changes are consistent from stool-to-stool and not present in only one stool, can be important. What causes normal stool color?The color of stool is normally due to the presence of bile, specifically, the bilirubin in bile. Bilirubin is formed from hemoglobin after hemoglobin is released from red blood cells during their destruction, a part of the normal process of replacing the red blood cells in blood. The released hemoglobin is modified chemically and removed from the blood by the liver. In the liver the chemically changed hemoglobin (called bilirubin) is attached to other chemicals and secreted from the cells of the liver into bile. Depending on the conc... Other Related Clostridium Difficile Colitis ArticlesEmergency Contact for West Orange
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