Clostridium difficile

Comparison of culture and isolation methods for Clostridioides difficile and other anaerobes from stool samples in a routine microbiological laboratory practice

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2021; 23(2):212-216
10.36488/cmac.2021.2.212-216
Objective. To improve stool sample culture and isolation of anaerobic flora, including Clostridioides difficile in the routine microbiological laboratory practice at the children’s oncology hospital. Materials and Methods. A total of 517 stool samples collected from patients in children’s oncology hospital from 2013 to 2015 were studied. All samples were analyzed by ELISA for C. difficile toxins and by culture according to dedicated 5 schemes for isolation of anaerobic bacteria, including C.

Review of updated clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for Clostridium difficile infection in adults and children (2017)

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2018; 20(2):76-124
10.36488/cmac.2018.2.76-124
An update on 2010 clinical practice guideline on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) was published in March 2018. This new version of …

Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2002; 4(1):22-32
Diarrhea, which is associated with the usage of antimicrobials, is one of the important problems in clinical practice. This article reviews the questions of etiology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Clinical …