Researchers are homing in on a new connection between colon cancer and the infectious bacterium known as Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff.
“C. diff and colorectal cancer yet, you should feel free to ask your doctor questions about your specific risk if you’ve had C. “Hand sanitizer does not kill C. You can get a stool sample test from your doctor to see if you have C. “Even though more research is needed, and we can’t fully make the connection between C. “It’s when someone has a compromised immune system that C. “People with C. “In a healthy person, this kind of exposure doesn’t matter because C. “Normally, good bacteria help us fight against bad bacteria such as C. If you touch that person’s skin or a surface that person touched, your body can be “colonized” with the bacteria. Looking at what type of bacteria made up the biofilms that cause an increase in colorectal tumors, the researchers found that C. Previous [research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820830/) has found that there is a higher amount of C.