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Rise in C. difficile infections poses challenge.(Clostridium difficile )(Disease/Disorder overview)
Publication: Internal Medicine News Publication Date: 15-JUN-06 Author: Tucker, Miriam E.
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COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group
ATLANTA -- Both health care-associated and community-acquired infections caused by the exotoxin-producing bacillus Clostridium difficile continue to increase, Dr. L. Clifford McDonald said at a meeting on emerging clostridial disease sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Better surveillance for C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD)--which can range in severity from mild diarrhea to fulminant colitis and death--has become a priority for the CDC.
The meeting, also sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, was convened to develop a research agenda for studying both C. difficile and the related anaerobic bacterium Clostridium sordellii, which has been linked to complications following medical abortions. (See...
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