Clostridioides difficile

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Microbiology

  • Spore-forming, anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus

Management

![Clostridium difficile treatment guidelines](Clostridium difficile treatment guidelines.png)

Further Reading

References

  1. ^  Kevin A. Brown, Nagham Khanafer, Nick Daneman, David N. Fisman. Meta-Analysis of Antibiotics and the Risk of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2013;57(5):2326-2332. doi:10.1128/aac.02176-12.
  2. a b  Vivian G Loo, Ian Davis, John Embil, Gerald A Evans, Susy Hota, Christine Lee, Todd C Lee, Yves Longtin, Thomas Louie, Paul Moayyedi, Susan Poutanen, Andrew E Simor, Theodore Steiner, Nisha Thampi, Louis Valiquette. Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada treatment practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection. Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2018;3(2):71-92. doi:10.3138/jammi.2018.02.13.
  3. ^   Clostridium difficile Infection in Infants and Children. Pediatrics. 2012;131(1):196-200. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-2992.