Clostridium difficile infection
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 C. difficile colonies on a blood agar plate.
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| Clostridium difficile Hall & O'Toole, 1935 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abhishek Deshpande, M.D., PhD
Synonyms and keywords: C. Diff
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Clostridium difficile from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria | History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Surgery | Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
References
The content on this page was first contributed by: Ellison L. Smith, M.D.
Further reading
- Dallal R, Harbrecht B, Boujoukas A, Sirio C, Farkas L, Lee K, Simmons R (2002). "Fulminant Clostridium difficile: an underappreciated and increasing cause of death and complications". Ann Surg. 235 (3): 363–72. PMID 11882758.
- Martin S, Jung R (2005). Gastrointestinal infections and enterotoxigenic poisonings. In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey LM, editors) (6th ed. ed.). McGraw-Hill. pp. pp. 2042-2043. ISBN.
- McDonald L, Killgore G, Thompson A, Owens R, Kazakova S, Sambol S, Johnson S, Gerding D (2005). "An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile". N Engl J Med. 353 (23): 2433–41. PMID 16322603.
- Yamada T; Alpers DH (editors) (2003). Textbook of Gastroenterology (4th ed. ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. pp. 1870-1875. ISBN 0-7817-2861-4.
- van den Hof S, van der Kooi T, van den Berg R, Kuijper E, Notermans D (2006). "Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited". Euro Surveill. 11 (1): E060126.2. PMID 16801713.
- Sunenshine R, McDonald L (2006). "Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen". Cleveland Clinic J. Med. 73: 187.
External links
- UK Clostridium difficile Support Group
- Clostridium difficile Support Group
- "From hand to mouth" Article from The Economist discussing C. difficile (requires subscription)
- Pathema-Clostridium Resource
- US CDC Report on Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk--Four States, 2005