C.<unk>  diarrhea is estimated to occur in eight of 100,000 people each year. Among those who are admitted to hospital, it occurs in between four and eight people per 1,000. In 2011, it resulted in about half a million<unk> s and 29,000 deaths in the United States. Due in part to the emergence of a fluoroquinolone-resistant strain, C.<unk> -related deaths increased 400% between 2000 and 2007 in the United States. According to the CDC, "C.<unk>  has become the most common microbial cause of healthcare-associated<unk> s in U.S. hospitals and costs up to $4.8 billion each year in excess health care costs for acute care facilities alone."
Clostridioides difficile infection
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Irritable bowel syndrome
Campylobacteriosis
Gay bowel syndrome
Wilderness-acquired diarrhea
Factitious diarrhea
Cytomegalovirus colitis