title: Introduction to the special issue on Clostridium difficile and the history of the International Clostridium difficile Symposium (ICDS).
authors: National laboratory for health, environment and food (NLZOH), Prvomajska 1, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia; University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Taborska 8, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: maja.rupnik@nlzoh.si.
authors: Maja
authors: M
authors: Rupnik
authors: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paola.mastrantonio@iss.it.
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Mastrantonio
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000266:history; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans