Updates on Clostridium difficile in Europe Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 8 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mastrantonio, Paola (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rupnik, Maja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, 1050
• Θέματα: Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

This book outlines the currently available clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with special emphasis on studies and results achieved in Europe. The incidence and severity of CDI has increased significantly over the last decade, and the book explai...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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. Valdés-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. Péchiné, A. 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).