Thai Word For "C. Diff",

[john11k]

Hello, My wife workes here in Ireland in a Nursing Home, We have been searching for the Thai word or term for Clostridium difficile also or more commingly known as C. diff, Can anybody help , Please, Thanks .. John

[sinbin]

I don't believe there is a Thai translation of 'Clostridium difficile'. It is what it is in both languages.

[Sheryl]

Yes, medical and scientific terminology uses the English terms, but pronounced in a very Thai way, with the result that Thais will often not understand it when spoken by a Westerner. The best thing is to write it down and show the written term.

C. Diff is likely to be recognized by doctors and lab techs but probably not much of anyone else here. Certainly not the general public. If it is your wife whom you want to communicate it to, it is possible she genuinely does not know it. If she's a registered nurse, you can explain that it is a bacteria that causes diarrhea. (กำจัดเชื้อแบคทีเรีย)

[john11k]

Thanks folks, My wife is not a nurse, just a cleaner in a Nursing home here in Ireland for the past five years, C. Diff is not something she has ever heard of in Thailand, and something she was worried about it it in her workplace, As we only go to Thailand for a month or two every year, maybe it has only come more to light in the past five years, ! and like you say in Thailand, maybe it is more the hospital staff rather than the general public that would have heard or know about it, ! i was surprised i couldent find it in the Thai Translator or dictonary as well, Sheryl,, The word you have written in Thai is of use to her, Thank you, We even after six years married, we still get lost sometimes in Translation, Thanks, John