Clostridium innocuum isolates resistant to vancomycin (MIC values of 16–24 μg/mL) were
isolated from three patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) …

All feces samples (n= 2,390) sent to the Bacteriological Laboratory, Göteborg, Sweden over
43 days were, in addition to the standard procedure, cultivated to detect Clostridium difficile …

In a recent article (1), Fedorko and Williams reported the usefulness of the PRO Disc test as
a screening method for the identification of Clostridium difficile isolates growing on …

Two patients with relapsing Clostridium difficile diarrhoea following metronidazole and
vancomycin therapy were colonised with a non-toxigenic avirulent Clostridium difficile strain …

We report the case of an 85-year-old woman who developed diarrhea and bacteremia
caused by Clostridium difficile after a prolonged hospitalization. C. difficile is a major cause …

Clostridium difficile is an important cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. The
simultaneous presence of different strains in individual faecal samples has not yet been …

The culture of toxigenic Clostridium difficile from stool specimens is still seen as the gold
standard for the laboratory diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI). bioMérieux have released …

Clostridium difficile is the most frequently identified enteric pathogen in patients with
antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. It accounts for 10%–25% of all cases of antibiotic …

Clostridium difficile, a spore-forming toxigenic bacterium, is one of the most common causes
of infectious diarrhea and colitis in the United States. Most patients with C. difficile infection …

Results Clostridium difficile common antigen was found positive in 27.7% and 14% of group
2 and group 1, respectively while negative in stools of patients with inflammatory bowel …