Title
Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children
Authoring Organizations
Publication Month/Year
February 15, 2018
Last Updated Month/Year
November 29, 2023
Supplemental Implementation Tools
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Inclusion Criteria
Male, Female, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Infant, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Ambulatory, Hospital
Intended Users
Epidemiology infection prevention, nurse, nurse practitioner, health systems pharmacist, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Diagnosis, Assessment and screening, Treatment, Management, Prevention
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D016360 - Clostridium difficile, D003013 - Clostridium, D003015 - Clostridium Infections
Keywords
diarrhea, Clostridium difficile, C diff, Clostridioides difficile, CDI, CDAD, Cdiff
Source Citation
L Clifford McDonald, Dale N Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Johan S Bakken, Karen C Carroll, Susan E Coffin, Erik R Dubberke, Kevin W Garey, Carolyn V Gould, Ciaran Kelly, Vivian Loo, Julia Shaklee Sammons, Thomas J Sandora, Mark H Wilcox, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 66, Issue 7, 1 April 2018, Pages e1–e48, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085