Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease has become a serious clinical problem over the past few years. This review is focused on the current changes in epidemiology, pertinent clinical aspects, standard and newer diagnostic methods, established and novel therapies...

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Autores principales: Saidel-Odes, Lisa, Borer, Abraham, Odes, Selwyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011
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Invited Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24713726
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description Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease has become a serious clinical problem over the past few years. This review is focused on the current changes in epidemiology, pertinent clinical aspects, standard and newer diagnostic methods, established and novel therapies, and prevention of infection. There is emphasis on the importance of clinical awareness, rapid detection by stool testing, and appropriate antibiotic therapy, while newer technologies, antibiotics and other treatments are explored.
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spelling pubmed-39593202014-04-07 Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Saidel-Odes, Lisa Borer, Abraham Odes, Selwyn Ann Gastroenterol Invited Review Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease has become a serious clinical problem over the past few years. This review is focused on the current changes in epidemiology, pertinent clinical aspects, standard and newer diagnostic methods, established and novel therapies, and prevention of infection. There is emphasis on the importance of clinical awareness, rapid detection by stool testing, and appropriate antibiotic therapy, while newer technologies, antibiotics and other treatments are explored. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3959320/ /pubmed/24713726 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
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title_short Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
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