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UNINA9910792287003321 |
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Titolo |
Clostridium difficile : new challenges for an old foe / / editors, Glenn S. Tillotson, Karl Weiss |
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London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd., , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (157 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Clostridium difficile |
Clostridium diseases |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword. Clostridium difficile: new challenges for an old foe; 1. Clostridium difficile infection: a global threat; 2. Pathogenicity mechanisms of Clostridium difficile; 3. Immunology and Clostridium difficile; 4. The microbiome and Clostridium difficile infection; 5. Economic burden of Clostridium difficile infection; 6. Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection; 7. Conventional therapeutics for Clostridium difficile infection; 8. Infection control issues in Clostridium difficile |
9. Future and alternative approaches to managing Clostridium difficile infectionEpilogue. Recent advances with Clostridium difficile; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Clostridium Difficile: New Challenges for an Old Foe |
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