Clostridium difficile Infection, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Mark H. Wilcox, is devoted to Clostridium Difficile Infection. Articles in this issue include: Potential sources of C. difficile for human infection; Colonisation versus carriage of C. difficile; Diagnostic pitfalls in C. difficile infection; The epidemiology of C. difficile infection in and outside of healthcare institutions; What makes epidemic C. difficile strains epidemic?: Fact versus fiction; Environmental interventions to control C. difficile infection; The contribution of strains and hosts to outcomes in C. difficile infection; Treatment of C. difficile infection; Faecal microbiota transplantation for the management of C. difficile infection; The morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with C. difficile infection; The potential of probiotics to prevent C. difficile infection; The prospect for vaccines to prevent C. difficile infection; and Predictive value of models of C. difficile infection.

Product details

• Authors: Mark H Wilcox, Mark H. Wilcox, Wilcox Mark H.
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2015
• EAN: 9780323356572
• ISBN: 978-0-323-35657-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Infectious & contagious diseases, Infectious and contagious diseases