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15483687

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Clostridium difficile, a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus dubbed as the difficult clostridium because it resisted early attempts of isolation and culture. After some decades in the darkness, it became famous, when in 1978, a cytotoxin of the C. difficile was found the responsible of the pseudomembranous colitis. We review in this paper aspects of the epidemiology of the C. difficile in health and disease. Also the importance of C. difficile as a cause of nosocomial infections. We review the characteristics of the toxins A and B produced by the pathogenic strains of C. difficile. Finally, clinical aspects of infection with C. difficile in special in the pseudomembranous colitis. The diagnosis, medical therapy, complications and surgical indications are briefly described.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1022-5129
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
263-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Basic and clinical aspects of Clostridium difficile colitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba 272-8513, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review