Converse of object

• associate: In addition, patients who are affected with C difficile associated diarrhea are nursed in a side room wherever possible.

• catch: Healthy people are at very little risk of catching Clostridium difficile.

Modifies a noun

• toxin: Hospitals sent C. difficile toxin positive stool samples for analysis by regional HPA laboratories.

• diarrhea: Table 1: Combinations of therapy associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhea.

• infection: Q. What are the symptoms of C. difficile infection?

• bacterium: Spores are produced when Clostridium difficile bacteria encounter unfavorable conditions, such as being outside the body.

• rate: Clostridium difficile rates are monitored nationally and our rates are not a cause for concern.

Noun used with modifier

• clostridium: He says: " Clostridium difficile does occur naturally in the gut of some people.

• bacterium: Dr. Wilcox recently chaired a working party looking at diarrhoeal infections caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile, spread primarily in hospitals.