Clostridium difficile: the increasingly difficult pathogen

The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection is changing as a result of the epidemic spread of the hypervirulent North American Pulsefield type 1 strain. Clinicians are likely to encounter this disease more frequently than ever in their practice, and should be familiar with the updates in its...

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Autores principales: Pop-Vicas, Aurora, Neill, Marguerite A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6773
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description The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection is changing as a result of the epidemic spread of the hypervirulent North American Pulsefield type 1 strain. Clinicians are likely to encounter this disease more frequently than ever in their practice, and should be familiar with the updates in its diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-23746242008-05-09 Clostridium difficile: the increasingly difficult pathogen Pop-Vicas, Aurora Neill, Marguerite A Crit Care Commentary The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection is changing as a result of the epidemic spread of the hypervirulent North American Pulsefield type 1 strain. Clinicians are likely to encounter this disease more frequently than ever in their practice, and should be familiar with the updates in its diagnosis and treatment. BioMed Central 2008 2008-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2374624/ /pubmed/18304376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6773 Text en Copyright © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd
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