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Clostridium difficile Infection, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition, Volume 29-1 - February 23, 2015
  • Author: Mark H. Wilcox
  • Language: English
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 5 6 5 7 - 2
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 5 6 8 0 - 0

This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Mark H. Wilcox, is devoted to Clostridium Difficile Infection. Articles in this issue include:… Read more

Clostridium difficile Infection, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

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This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Mark H. Wilcox, is devoted to Clostridium Difficile Infection. Articles in this issue include: Potential sources of C. difficile for human infection; Colonisation versus carriage of C. difficile; Diagnostic pitfalls in C. difficile infection; The epidemiology of C. difficile infection in and outside of healthcare institutions; What makes epidemic C. difficile strains epidemic?: Fact versus fiction; Environmental interventions to control C. difficile infection; The contribution of strains and hosts to outcomes in C. difficile infection; Treatment of C. difficile infection; Faecal microbiota transplantation for the management of C. difficile infection; The morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with C. difficile infection; The potential of probiotics to prevent C. difficile infection; The prospect for vaccines to prevent C. difficile infection; and Predictive value of models of C. difficile infection.