Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) is a specific kind of bacterial infection that causes mild to life-threatening forms of diarrhea and colitis.It is caused by a bacteria, not a virus.. difficile is a spore forming bacteria. A spore is a hard shell that some types of bacteria can wear to protect themselves in harsh environments for long periods of time (think of a seed). This hard shell makes C. difficile more difficult to treat, harder to clean, and easier to become contagious to others.
Successful treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia is difficult, but improving all the time. Before successful treatment regimens were developed, a diagnosis was as good as a death sentence. Today, although AML responds less favorably to chemotherapy than other related forms of leukemia, successful treatment rates are in the 20 to 40 percent range. This percentage represents people who undergo treatment and remain relapse-free for five years, after which they are considered cured. That does not guarantee that a relapse will not occur, but most relapses do happen in the first five years after treatment.
Leukemia: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments. Leukemia (British spelling: leukaemia ) is cancer of the blood or bone marrow (which produces blood cells). A person who has leukemia suffers from an abnormal production of blood cells, generally leukocytes (white blood cells). People sometimes confuse leukemia and lymphoma. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood, lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph glands). The word Leukemia comes from the Greek leukos which means white and aima which means blood. The DNA of immature blood cells, mainly white cells, becomes damaged in some way.