Review: Clostridium difficile-associated disorders/diarrhea and Clostridium difficile colitis: the emergence of a more virulent era

Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr;52(4):1071-5. doi: 10.1007/s10620-006-9450-4. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Authors

Perry Hookman¹, Jamie S Barkin

Affiliation

¹ University of Miami, School of Medicine/ Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA. hookman@hookman.com

PMID: 17380404
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9450-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Bacterial Toxins / genetics
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
Botulinum Toxins / metabolism
Clostridioides difficile / genetics
Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity*
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
Colitis / epidemiology
Colitis / microbiology*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Diarrhea / epidemiology
Diarrhea / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Enterotoxins / genetics
Enterotoxins / metabolism
Humans
Virulence

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Toxins
Enterotoxins
tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile
toxB protein, Clostridium difficile
Botulinum Toxins