Clostridium difficile
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Nosocomial infections--ecological niches]

24 Oct 2009 Knowledge of ecological niches of nosocomial pathogens is used in treatment and prevention of nosocomial infections. This article offers an analysis of the ecological niches of three important nosocomial pathogens: Clostridium difficile, ... Read more...

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the course of 10 years in a tertiary care hospital.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The molecular epidemiology of endemic and outbreak Clostridium difficile strains across time is not well known. METHODS: HindIII restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) typing was performed on available clinical C. difficile isolates ... Read more...

Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection.

29 Sep 2009 Clostridium difficile is the aetiological agent for almost all cases of pseudo membranous colitis and 15-25% of antibiotic associated diarrhoea. In recent years, C. difficile associated disease (CDAD) has been increasing in frequency and severity ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Clostridium difficile'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Nosocomial infections--ecological niches] 24 Oct 2009
• The A, B, BI, and Cs of Clostridium difficile. 13 Oct 2009
• Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the course of 10 years in a tertiary care hospital. 13 Oct 2009
• Importance of culture for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin from stool samples to report true incidence and mortality related to C. difficile in hospitals. 29 Sep 2009
• Established and potential risk factors for Clostridum difficile infection. 29 Sep 2009
• Single immunoglobulin infusion can reverse hemodynamic failure associated with severe Clostridium difficile colitis. 29 Sep 2009
• Bad bugs, no drugs: no ESCAPE revisited. 13 Sep 2009
• Motility and flagellar glycosylation in Clostridium difficile. 9 Sep 2009
• Clostridium difficile-related death rates in Texas 1999-2005. 4 Sep 2009
• Does PPI therapy predispose to Clostridium difficile infection? 30 Aug 2009
• Probiotic lactobacilli in breast milk and infant stool in relation to oral intake during the first year of life. 30 Aug 2009
• Infection control and IV therapy in patients with Clostridium difficile. 30 Aug 2009
• [To be or not to be for cefuroxime] 30 Aug 2009
• Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs: Do we disregard the doctor? 30 Aug 2009
• Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis isolated to the ascending colon by a diverting transverse loop colostomy. 30 Aug 2009
• Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Clostridium difficile-associated disease and mortality among the elderly critically ill. 30 Aug 2009
• First isolation of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 from a patient with severe persistent diarrhoea in Hungary. 30 Aug 2009
• Struggling with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections: is donor faeces the solution? 25 Aug 2009
• Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 26-2009. A 34-year-old man with cystic fibrosis with abdominal pain and distention. 18 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Clostridium difficile'

Definition: A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. It produces a toxin that causes pseudomembranous enterocolitis (ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS) in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.

Descriptor UI: D016360

Alternative terms: Clostridium difficile;

Related Mesh Headings: Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; cytology; drug effects; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pathogenicity; physiology; radiation effects; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: B03.300.390.400.200.250; B03.510.415.400.200.250;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: infection = probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS