Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing Clostridium difficile.

Anti-Bacterial Agents / standards Clostridioides difficile Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / standards Humans Metronidazole / standards Practice Guidelines as Topic

Journal

JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
ISSN: 1547-1896
Titre abrégé: JAAPA
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9513102

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Historique:
entrez: 30 1 2019
pubmed: 30 1 2019
medline: 14 5 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The updated Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines for managing Clostridium difficile infections remove metronidazole as first-line therapy and add fecal microbiota transplants to the treatment options. This article reviews the new guidelines and strategies for diagnosis and infection control.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000552734.33929.01 PMID: 30694953
pubmed: 30694953
doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000552734.33929.01
pii: 01720610-201902000-00011
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Bacterial Agents 0
Metronidazole 140QMO216E

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

48-50

Auteurs

Margaret Rancich (M)

Margaret Rancich is a student in the PA program at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. Christopher Roman is an assistant professor in the PA program at Butler University. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Christopher Roman (C)

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Actions chimiques et utilisations › Actions pharmacologiques › Utilisations thérapeutiques › Anti-infectieux › Antibactériens › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Bactéries › Firmicutes › Clostridiales › Clostridioides › Clostridium difficile › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Maladies de l'appareil digestif › Maladies gastro-intestinales › Maladies intestinales › Entérocolite › Entérocolite pseudomembraneuse › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Thérapeutique › Biothérapie › Transplantation de microbiote fécal › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Composés hétérocycliques › Composés hétéromonocycliques › Azoles › Imidazoles › Nitroimidazoles › Métronidazole › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...
questionsmedicales.fr › Qualité, accès, évaluation des soins de santé › Assurance de la qualité des soins de santé › Recommandations comme sujet › Guides de bonnes pratiques cliniques comme sujet › Updated guidelines for diagnosing and managing...