Flexible endoscopy is a widely used diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Contaminated
endoscopes are the medical devices frequently associated with outbreaks of health care …

OBJECTIVES: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is a major cause of morbidity
and increasing health-care costs among hospitalized patients. Although exposure to …

Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea in
Europe and North America,. During infection, C. difficile produces two key virulence …

Although most patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can be managed effectively
with discontinuation of prescribed antibiotics and additional treatment with oral …

Background: Antibiotic treatment may disturb the resistance of gastrointestinal flora to
colonization. This may result in complications, the most serious of which is Clostridium …

Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired antibiotic-associated diarrhea
worldwide; in addition, the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant C. difficile is becoming a …

Background: Recent reports suggest that Clostridium difficile colitis may be evolving into a
more severe disease. During the second half of 2002 we noted an increase in the number of …

Systematic Review of the Risk of Enteric Infection in Patien... : Official journal of the American
College of Gastroenterology | ACG Systematic Review of the Risk of Enteric Infection in …

Antimicrobial therapy plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile infection
(CDI), presumably through disruption of indigenous intestinal microflora, thereby allowing C …

Human beings have been recently reviewed as 'metaorganisms' as a result of a close
symbiotic relationship with the intestinal microbiota. This assumption imposes a more …