Full Description
This book is a practical guide for clinicians and other healthcare providers on a holistic approach to understanding and managing Clostridioides difficile infection. It covers pathophysiology, the role of the microbiome, diagnostic testing, management guidelines, and treatment options, including newly approved therapeutics. It also describes the patient experience and burden of C. difficile, treatment and clinical care pathways, patient education, and economic considerations. The topics covered are based on identified real-world needs of microbiologists, clinicians, and patients and include updates on treatment and data.
Key Features:
• Provides an engaging transfer of knowledge through visual clinical decision-making tools, best practices, and patient perspectives described by thought leaders and patients.
• Offers an updated method of understanding "how and why" the newest treatments work to allow the clinician the opportunity to understand how to optimize therapeutics.
Contents
1. Clostridioides difficile-Restrictive and - Permissive Gut Microbiomes: A Review
2. Clostridioides difficile Diagnostic Testing
3. Diagnosis and Management of Clostridioides difficile in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
4. Antimicrobial and Biologic Therapeutics Utilized for the Treatment of Clostridioides difficile
5. A Comparative Review of GI and ID Guidelines for Clostridioides difficile Treatment
6. Microbiota-Based Therapies for Clostridioides difficile
7. Transitions of Care Associated with Clostridioides difficile Infection
8. Nursing and Patient Perspective Clostridioides difficile Infection
9. The Health-Related Quality of Life Aspects of Clostridioides difficile Infection
10. The Economics of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Healthcare System Perspective
