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Is c diff passed through saliva?
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No: C. Diff lives in the colon. It is not transmitted from an infected individual's saliva. The mode of transmission, as with many bacteria, is fecal-oral, meaning that bacteria are shed from an infected individual's stool, live in the environment, and ultimately enter the GI tract of the next person through oral ingestion.
Answered 3/2/2019
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