Updates on Clostridium difficile in Europe

1. Economic Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in European Countries
Elena Reigadas Ramírez, Emilio Santiago Bouza

2. The Need for European Surveillance of CDI
Camilla Wiuff, A-Lan Banks, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Laura Cottom

3. Diagnostic Guidance for C. difficile Infections
Monique J. T. Crobach, Amoe Baktash, Nikolas Duszenko, Ed J. Kuijper

4. Ribotypes and New Virulent Strains Across Europe
Jeanne Couturier, Kerrie Davies, Cécile Gateau, Frédéric Barbut

5. Comparative Genomics of Clostridium difficile

Sandra Janezic, Julian R. Garneau, Marc Monot

6. Cellular Uptake and Mode-of-Action of Clostridium difficile Toxins
Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Holger Barth, Nigel Minton, Klaus Aktories

7.
Clostridium difficile Biofilm
Claudia Vuotto, Gianfranco Donelli, Anthony Buckley, Caroline Chilton

8. European Practice for CDI Treatment
Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Mairead Skally, Melissa Brady, Karen Burns, Christopher Rooney, Mark H. Wilcox

9. Antibiotic Resistances of Clostridium difficile

Patrizia Spigaglia, Paola Mastrantonio, Fabrizio Barbanti

10. Probiotics for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection
Lorena Valdés-Varela, Miguel Gueimonde, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo

11. Faecal Microbiota Transplantation as Emerging Treatment in European Countries
Marcello Maida, James Mcilroy, Gianluca Ianiro, Giovanni Cammarota

12. Immunization Strategies Against Clostridium difficile

Jean-François Bruxelle, Séverine Péchiné, Anne Collignon

13. Non-human C. difficile Reservoirs and Sources: Animals, Food, Environment
Cristina Rodriguez Diaz, Christian Seyboldt, Maja Rupnik

14. The ESCMID Study Group for Clostridium difficile: History, Role and Perspectives
John E. Coia, Ed J. Kuijper

Keywords: Biomedicine, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology