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Current advances related to Clostridium difficile infection
- Authors
- Kim, Yong Gil; Jang, Byung Ik
- Issue Date
- Feb-2015
- Publisher
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Keywords
- Clostridium difficile infection; Clostridium difficile vaccine; faecal microbiota transplantation
- Citation
- Indian Journal of Medical Research, v.141, pp 172 - 174
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Volume
- 141
- Start Page
- 172
- End Page
- 174
- ISSN
- 0971-5916
- Abstract
- Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can trigger various responses, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to fulminant colitis. Hard-to-cure CDI, such as severe CDI, multiple recurrences of CDI, refractory CDI, and hypervirulent strains of C. difficile, require new treatments, although antibiotics such as metronidazole and vancomycin are the treatment of choice for initial and first relapsing CDI. Active immunization with C. difficile toxins and faecal microbiota transplantation deserve special attention. Here we describe these strategies for difficult-to-treat CDI.
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