Emergence of Clostridium difficile‐associated disease in North America and Europe

EJ Kuijper, B Coignard, P Tüll… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical spectrum of Clostridium difficile‐associated disease (CDAD) ranges from
diarrhoea to severe life‐threatening pseudomembranous colitis. Although not always …

Clostridium difficile 30 years on: what has, or has not, changed and why?

DN Gerding - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2009 - Elsevier
The report of clindamycin-associated colitis in 1974 by Tedesco et al.[Ann Intern Med 81:
429–33] stimulated an intense search for the cause of this severe complication of antibiotic …

Update on Clostridium difficile infection

CS Alcantara, RL Guerrant - Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2000 - Springer
Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospital and
community settings, spreading endemic and epidemic disease in developed and developing …

Clostridium difficile: Diagnosis and the Consequence of Over Diagnosis

HS Lee, K Plechot, S Gohil, J Le - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2021 - Springer
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections,
accounting for significant disease burden and mortality. The clinical spectrum of C. difficile …

Clostridium difficile: A healthcare-associated infection of unknown significance in adults in sub-Saharan Africa

AJ Keeley, NJ Beeching, KE Stott, P Roberts… - Malawi Medical …, 2016 - ajol.info
Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) causes a high burden of disease in high-
resource healthcare systems, with significant morbidity, mortality, and financial implications …

Clostridium difficile infection: a review

E Kouhsari, S Abbasian, M Sedighi… - … and Research in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Clostridium difficile, as one of the main bacterial causes of diarrhea, is an important
healthcare-associated pathogen. It is also the main causative agent of antibiotic-associated …

Increase of Clostridium difficile in community; another worrisome burden for public health

YA Kim, JH Rim, MH Choi, H Kim… - Annals of Clinical …, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background Increasing rates of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have been reported
mainly in Europe and North America; however, only limited reports have originated in Korea …

Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile in animals

JS Weese - Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is an
important cause of disease in people, a variably important cause of disease in some animal …

Clostridium difficile in Food and Domestic Animals: A New Foodborne Pathogen?

LH Gould, B Limbago - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Clostridium difficile infection is increasingly recognized as a cause of diarrhea in outpatients
and persons with no apparent health care facility contacts. In contrast to C. difficile infection …

Update on Clostridium difficile infection

C O'Donoghue, L Kyne - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
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