Visualizing Clostridioides difficile: Seeing Spores in a Different Light
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A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of Clostridium difficile in Response to Antibiotic Treatment
Published on: May 25, 2017
Pamela Bailey1, Ryan Penn1, Alexa Haesler1
1Infection Prevention, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE.
American Journal of Infection Control
|October 31, 2026
Abstract:
We deployed a novel visualization tool (LIV Process fluorescent tagging) for C. difficile spores in our healthcare system as an educational tool. Of surfaces misted, 81.7% illuminated, revealing significant opportunities for environmental cleaning. Frontline staff were highly engaged by process.

