In this issue of the Journal, an article by Pepin et al. documents the shifting sands of the
modern-day Clostridium difficile epidemic as seen in Quebec. Pepin and coauthors' …

1. Olsen MA, Ball KE, Nickel KB, Wallace AE, Fraser VJ. Validation of ICD-9-CM diagnosis
codes for surgical site infection and noninfectious wound complications after mastectomy …

Background: Clostridioides Difficile is a well-known pathogen causing diarrhea of various
degrees of severity through associated infectious colitis. However, there have been reports …

Large outbreaks of Clostridium difficile (CD) associated colitis in North America and Europe
have been attributed to the emergence of the epidemic/toxin PCR Ribotype O27 CD strain …

Objectives To investigate the relationship between Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile strain
characteristics and C. difficile infection (CDI) outcome. Methods Between October and …

Clostridium difficile has become a common healthcare-associated infection over the past
few years and gained more attention. C. difficile was estimated to cause almost half a million …

Background. Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) infections are a worldwide problem
due to increasing prevalence, lack of effective therapies and modest impact of infection …

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 is a hypervirulent strain that has caused significant
nosocomial diarrhea in many countries but has not yet been reported or isolated in Taiwan …

Abstract In December 2012, a 32-year-old woman with no previous medical history and no
previous antibiotic treatment had a fever and diarrhea 2 days after a cesarean section in …

Purpose: Fecal bacteriotherapy has been used to treat refractory Clostridium difficile
infection, predominantly in an outpatient setting. We describe a patient with severe Crohn's …