Clostridioides difficile Infection

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Intern Med
• Personal Author:
  Guh, Alice Y. ; Kutty, Preeta K.
• Description:
  Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection is the most frequently identified health care-associated infection in the United States. C difficile has also emerged as a cause of community-associated diarrhea, resulting in increased incidence of community-associated infection. Clinical illness ranges in severity from mild diarrhea to fulminant colitis and death. Appropriate management of infection requires understanding of the various diagnostic assays and therapeutic options as well as relevant measures to infection prevention. This article provides updated recommendations regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of incident and recurrent C difficile infection.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Article Clostridium Difficile Clostridium Infections Gastrointestinal Microbiome Humans
• Source:
  Ann Intern Med. 169(7):ITC49-ITC64
• Pubmed ID:
  30285209
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6524133
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  169
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0184b4caf6fb141a9015a80aa9bb19bb12d8c0784d2e2c56d262fcc067976d9b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78548/cdc_78548_DS1.pdf
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