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Clostridium difficile infection
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2014 Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a significant and increasing medical problem, surpassing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the most common hospital-onset or facility-associated infection, and a key element in the challenging battle ...
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New Microbes and New Infections, 2019 Clostridium transplantifaecale strain Marseille-P8228T (= CSURP8228) is a new species isolated from a patient with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.
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Development and characterisation of an in vitro human gut model to study the biofilm mode of growth of clostridium difficile and the indigenous gut microbiota [PDF]
, 2013 Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is associated with significant patient morbidity, mortality and financial burden. Until recently, antimicrobial treatment options were limited to metronidazole and vancomycin, but both agents are associated with ...
Crowther, Grace
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
Current Problems in Surgery, 2013 The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infections have increased over the past few decades. New challenges have developed in the treatment and prevention of both hospital- and community-acquired disease. As mentioned by Tamma and Sandora [ 1] in their recent review, many questions about C difficile management in children remain unanswered,
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Community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection: an increasing public health threat
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2014 Arjun Gupta, Sahil Khanna Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Abstract: There has been a startling shift in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection over the last decade worldwide, and it is now ...
Gupta A, Khanna S
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Aerial dissemination of Clostridium difficile spores [PDF]
, 2008 YesClostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is a frequently occurring healthcare-associated infection, which is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality amongst elderly patients in healthcare facilities. Environmental contamination is
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
Nursing Older People, 2010 Clostridium difficile can be cultured from the stool of 3 per cent of healthy adults but most people remain asymptomatic. Clinical disease develops when normal gut flora is disrupted, usually by antibiotic exposure, thereby creating conditions that favour C. difficile proliferation in the colon. Gastrointestinal diseases associated with C.
Latisha, Heinlen, Jimmy D, Ballard
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
The Lancet, 2008 Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-producing anaerobe [1] responsible for approximately 50–70% of gastrointestinal infections in hospitalized patients [2, 3]. An episode of C. difficile infection (CDI) is defined as a clinical picture compatible with CDI (i.
Kuipers, Ernst, Surawicz, CM
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Managing Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients [PDF]
, 2014 Checklists are not a new phenomenon and have been used in the aviation industry for some time as a means of ensuring safety and minimising harm. Checklists are now used commonly in health care to improve patient safety.
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Clostridium difficile infections in China [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Research, 2010 Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection has become one of the major hospital-associated infections in Western countries in the last two decades. However, there is limited information on the status of C. difficile infection in Chinese healthcare settings.
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