Longitudinal survey of Clostridium difficile presence and gut microbiota composition in a Belgian nursing home

Increasing age, several co-morbidities, environmental contamination, antibiotic exposure and other intestinal perturbations appear to be the greatest risk factors for C. difficile infection (CDI). Therefore, elderly care home residents are considered particularly vulnerable to the infection. The mai...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC microbiology 2016-10, Vol.16 (1), p.229-229, Article 229
Hauptverfasser:	Rodriguez, Cristina, Taminiau, Bernard, Korsak, Nicolas, Avesani, Véronique, Van Broeck, Johan, Brach, Philippe, Delmée, Michel, Daube, Georges
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	16S rRNA gene analysis Aged Aged, 80 and over Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Belgium - epidemiology C. difficile Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - genetics Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Clostridium Infections - diagnosis Clostridium Infections - epidemiology Clostridium Infections - microbiology Diarrhea - microbiology Elderly care home residents Feces - microbiology Female Gastroenterology & hepatology Gastroentérologie & hépatologie Gastrointestinal Microbiome Health aspects Human health sciences Humans Infections Longitudinal method Longitudinal Studies Male Microbiota Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) Middle Aged Nursing homes Nursing Homes - statistics & numerical data Older people Physiological aspects Prevalence Risk Factors Sciences de la santé humaine Yeast
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