Contagium's Podcast

En el programa de esta semana comentamos varios artículos de reciente publicación referentes a la epidemiologia, tratamiento y prevención de la infección por Clostridiodes difficile.     Referencias:  LY Kong y colaboradores. Clostridium difficile: Investigating Transmission Patterns between Infected and Colonized Patients using whole Genome Sequencing. Clin Infect Dis. May 2018 Benot Guery y colaboradores. Extended-pulsed daxomicin versus vancomycin for Clostridium di cile infection in patients 60 years and older (EXTEND): a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3b/4 trial . Lancet Infect Dis. March 2018. Thomas Birch y colaboradores. Efficacy of bezlotoxumab based on timing of administration relative to start of antibacterial therapy for Clostridium difficile infection. J Antimicrob Chemother. May 2018.  WE Trivk y colaboradores. Effectiveness of Probiotic for Primary Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection: A Single-Center Before-and-After Quality Improvement Intervention at a Tertiary-Care Med