Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become the most frequently reported health care-associated infection in the United States [1]. As the incidence of CDI rises, so too does the burden it produces on health care and society. In an attempt to decrease the burden of CDI and provide the best outc...

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Autores principales: Avila, Meera B., Avila, Nathaniel P., Dupont, Andrew W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918176
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7109.1
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description Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become the most frequently reported health care-associated infection in the United States [1]. As the incidence of CDI rises, so too does the burden it produces on health care and society. In an attempt to decrease the burden of CDI and provide the best outcomes for patients affected by CDI, there have been many recent advancements in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of CDI. In this article, we review the current recommendations regarding CDI testing and treatment strategies.
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spelling pubmed-47554062016-02-24 Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection Avila, Meera B. Avila, Nathaniel P. Dupont, Andrew W. F1000Res Review Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become the most frequently reported health care-associated infection in the United States [1]. As the incidence of CDI rises, so too does the burden it produces on health care and society. In an attempt to decrease the burden of CDI and provide the best outcomes for patients affected by CDI, there have been many recent advancements in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of CDI. In this article, we review the current recommendations regarding CDI testing and treatment strategies. F1000Research 2016-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4755406/ /pubmed/26918176 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7109.1 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Avila MB et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection
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title_sort recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of clostridium difficile infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755406/
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