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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808327103321

Titolo

Clostridium difficile : new challenges for an old foe / / editors, Glenn S. Tillotson, Karl Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-78084-315-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Disciplina

616.3447

Soggetti

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Clostridium Difficile: New Challenges for an Old Foe