The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

Bacterial gastroenteritis is a disease that is pervasive in both the developing and developed
worlds. While for the most part bacterial gastroenteritis is self-limiting, identification of an …

The widening array of recognized enteric pathogens and the increasing demand for cost-
containment sharpen the need for careful clinical and public health guidelines based on the …

Diagnostic procedures in the field of medical parasitology require a great deal of judgment
and interpretation and are generally classified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement …

Prompt and precise diagnosis is an important aspect of effective management of Clostridium
difficile infection (CDI). CDI causes 15%–25% of all cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea …

Objectives: To review and summarize the status of diagnosis, epidemiology, infection
control, and treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD). Diagnosis: A case …

Objective: To describe the epidemiology, diagnosis, risk factors, patient impact, and
treatment strategies for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD). Design …

Objective.—Laboratory utilization has steadily increased, and some studies suggest
inappropriate utilization. Therefore, we wished to assess studies that measure inappropriate …

purpose: A prospective clinical and molecular epidemiologic study was conducted to define
the frequency of nosocomial Clostridium difficile patient-to-patient transmission in an urban …

Background: Clostridium difficile is the most common infectious cause of nosocomial
diarrhea, but its role in diarrhea associated with tube feeding has not been rigorously …