Clostridium difficile: the anaerobe that made the grade.

Autor: Brazier JS; UK Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, Microbiology Dept, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. jsandonbrazier@talktalk.net
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Anaerobe [Anaerobe] 2012 Apr; Vol. 18 (2), pp. 197-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.12.021
Abstrakt: Unlike other anaerobic bacteria of clinical importance, Clostridium difficile has managed to enter into the realm of public awareness. Following the trail blazed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), C. difficile has made the transition from being an obscure anaerobic bacterium, mainly of interest to specialist anaerobic microbiologists, to that of an infamous "superbug" responsible for outbreaks of hospital-acquired infection that commonly result in serious disease and death. This report picks out key moments, particularly in the UK, which tracked the rise in both the public and political awareness of this organism.
(Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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