Updates on Clostridium difficile in Europe. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paola Mastrantonio, Maja Rupnik, editors.
• Editors: Mastrantonio, Paola; Rupnik, Maja
• Contents: Foreword (P. Mastrantonio and M. Rupnik) -- Economic burden of CDI in European countries (E. Reigadas and E. Bouza) -- The need for European surveillance of CDI(C. Wiuff, A. Lan Banks, F. Fitzpatrick, L. Cottom) -- Diagnostic guidance for C. difficile infections (M.J.T. Crobach, A. Baktash, N. Duszenko, E.J. Kuijper) -- Ribotypes and new virulent strains across Europe (J. Couturier, K. Davies, C. Gateau, F. Barbut) -- Comparative genomics of C. difficile strains (S. Janezic, J.R. Garneau, M. Monot) -- Cellular uptake and mode-of-action of Clostridium difficile toxins (P. Papatheodorou, H. Barth, N. Minton, K. Aktories) -- Clostridium difficile biofilm (C. Vuotto, G. Donelli, A. Buckley, C. Chilton) -- European practice for CDI treatment (F. Fitzpatrick, M. Skally, M. Brady, K. Burns, C. Rooney, M.H. Wilcox) -- Antibiotic resistances of Clostridium difficile (P. Spigaglia, P. Mastrantonio, F. Barbanti) -- Probiotics for prevention and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (L. Valdes Varela, M. Gueimonde, P. Ruas-Madiedo) -- Faecal microbiota transplantation as emerging treatment in European countries (M. Maida, J. McIlroy, G. Ianiro, G. Cammarota) -- Immunization strategies against Clostridium difficile (J.F. Bruxelle, S. PinA. Collignon) -- Non-human C. difficile reservoirs and sources: animals, food, environment (C. Rodriguez Diaz, C. Seyboldt, M. Rupnik) -- The ESCMIDStudy Group for Clostridium difficile: history, role and perspectives (J.E. Coia and E.J. Kuijper).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 261 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.9/31; Medicine; Clostridium difficile; Medical microbiology; Communicable diseases; Microbiology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Clostridium difficile; Communicable diseases; Medical microbiology; Medicine; Microbiology; Clostridium difficile; Medical -- Infectious Diseases; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Infectious & contagious diseases; Microbiology (non-medical); Emerging infectious diseases; Medical -- Microbiology; Medical microbiology & virology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319727998; 3319727990
• Related ISBNs: 9783319727981; 3319727982
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from electronic title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 24, 2018).
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