European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

Guidance document for prevention of Clostridium difficile infection in acute healthcare settings.

SCOPE Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most important infective cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea in high income countries and one of the most important healthcare-associated pathogens in both Europe and the United States. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality resulting in both societal and financial burden. A significant proportion of this burden is potentially ...

CMI Editorial Report 2013.

s of the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, London, UK, 31 March to 3 April 2012 18 s3 pp. 1–902 1 April 2012 April 2012 ESCMID 4 13 Edited by A. Moya, R. Cant on and D. Raoult Microbiome: deciphering the last human body organ 18 s4 p. 1 31 May 2012 July 2012 Fundaci on Lilly 18 14 Edited by M. Paul The impact of vaccines on public health 18 s5 pp. 1–122 6 ...

Increasing numbers of hospitalizations and deaths with mention of Clostridium difficile infection, north-eastern Italy, 2008-2013.

ESCMID* guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: developing European guidelines in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

The process to develop a guideline in a European setting remains a challenge. The ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) successfully achieved this endeavour. After two face-to-face meetings, numerous telephone conferences, and email correspondence, an ESCMID task force (basically composed of members of the Society's Fungal Infection Study Group, EFISG) finalized the ESCMID diagnostic and ...

Measures to control and prevent Clostridium difficile infection.

Control of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) outbreaks in health care facilities presents significant challenges to infection control specialists and other health care workers. C. difficile spores survive routine environmental cleaning with detergents and hand hygiene with alcohol-based gels. Enhanced cleaning of all potentially contaminated surfaces with 10% sodium hypochlorite reduces the...