The number one risk factor that Mr. Jones had to acquire Clostridium difficile infection is his recent antibiotic use. Majority of the cases of C. diff arise while taking antibiotics or shortly after taking them. Mr. Jones is a 69-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital 10 days earlier with a diagnosis of acute diverticulitis. He was given empiric antibiotic coverage with ceftriaxone and metronidazole. His antibiotics were stopped after 7 days, This happens because the antibiotics that usually fight the bacterial infections by terminating bad germs in the process usually also terminates the good germs that safeguards the human body from other infections. Other clostridium difficile infection risk factor that Mr. Jones had were: His old age (69-year-old), His recent hospital stay, and His weakened immune system, having been recently diagnosed and treated for acute diverticulitis.