RT Book, Section
A1 Gerding, Dale N.
A1 Johnson, Stuart
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1159153579
T1 Clostridium difficile Infection, Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159153579
RD 2024/04/24
AB Clostridium  difficile  infection  (CDI)  is  a  unique  colonic  disease  that  is  acquired  most  commonly  in  association  with  antimicrobial  use  and  the  consequent  disruption  of  the  normal  colonic  microbiota.  The  most  commonly  diagnosed  diarrheal  illness  acquired  in  the  hospital,  CDI  results  from  the  ingestion  of  spores  of  C.  difficile  that  vegetate,  multiply,  and  secrete  toxins,  causing  diarrhea  and,  in  the  most  severe  cases,  pseudomembranous  colitis  (PMC).