descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Apr 2015 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, pages 1,539-1,548 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

Authors: Sam K Sharma; Kentaro Nakajima; Parul J. Shukla;

doi: 10.1056/nejmra1403772 , 10.1056/nejmc1506004 , 10.1056/nejmc1506004#sa3

pmid: 26176396 , 26176397 , 25875259 , 26176398 , 26176399

handle: 11369/391852

Clostridium difficileInfection

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Abstract

This article reviews the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this nosocomial and potentially fatal infectious diarrhea, as well as the associated risk factors. New treatments include fecal microbiota transplantation for disease that is resistant to vancomycin.

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University of Foggia
Italy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States

Keywords

Cross Infection, Clostridioides difficile, Microbiota, Age Factors, Vancomycin Resistance, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Feces, Risk Factors, Clostridium Infections, Humans, Immunization, Intestine, Large, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous

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