CDC - New Challenges from Old Pathogen

[Bobbie]

Millie submitted this hyperlink. Thx., Millie.

This is excellent article co-authored by Dr. Clifford McDonald at CDC who is tracking C. diff. in US. It has info. on different forms of severity and treatment and easy-to-understand illustrations re. location of spores in GI tract. It also says (paraphrase), "Alcohol does not kill spores so health care workers should wash their hands with soap and water when dealing with C. diff. patients." Best of all, it is not written in "medicalese" and can be understood by us lowly laypeople.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/infD ... M02_06.pdf

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