Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases updated guidelines for the management of Clostridium difficile infection in adults and children in Australia and New Zealand

Title: Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases updated guidelines for the management of Clostridium difficile infection in adults and children in Australia and New Zealand
Creator: Trubiano, J. A.; Cheng, A. C.; Athan, E.; Korman, T. M.; Roder, C.; Campbell, A.; May, M. L. A.; Blyth, C. C.; Ferguson, J. K.; Blackmore, T. K.; Riley, T. V.
Relation: Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 46, Issue 4, p. 479-493
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13027
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to rise, whilst treatment remains problematic due to recurrent, refractory and potentially severe nature of disease. The treatment of C. difficile is a challenge for community and hospital-based clinicians. With the advent of an expanding therapeutic arsenal against C. difficile since the last published Australasian guidelines, an update on CDI treatment recommendations for Australasian clinicians was required. On behalf of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases, we present the updated guidelines for the management of CDI in adults and children.
Subject: Clostridium difficile; treatment; faecal microbiota transplant (FMT); vancomycin; metronidazole; fidaxomicin
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1323359
Identifier: uon:24789
Identifier: ISSN:1444-0903
Language: eng
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