title: Clostridium difficile-Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, and Pediatrics, The Department of Pathology & Immunology, and cburnham@path.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Carey-Ann D
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Medicine, The Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Erik R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Dubberke
authors.affiliation: Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
authors.forename: Larry K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kociolek
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Polage
authors.affiliation: Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia and Senior Clinical Scientist, Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Riley
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D007223:Infant; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins