Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Title
Academic Term
Summer 2015
Document Type
Project
Course Number
NURS 5330
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology
Professor’s Name
John D. Chovan, James R. Cacchillo
Keywords
Community Acquired Infections, Hospital Infections
Subject Categories
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Medical Pathology | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract
Clostridium difficile (CD) is an infectious disease that has a direct impact on our healthcare resources. “Clostridium difficile, an anaerobic, spore forming, toxin-forming, gram-positive bacillus, has become the leading cause of health care—associated infectious diarrhea (Walters & Zuckerbraun, 2014, p. 329).” I chose this topic because CD is a hypervirulent organism that is not only affecting hospitalized patients but is now emerging as a community acquired infection. Healthcare treatments and costs are on the rise due to persistent and recurrent CD infections. Understanding the pathogenesis, risk factors, diagnostic testing, and management strategies are important in reducing the spread of CD infections (Keske &Letizia 2010).
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Kristen, "Clostridium difficile" (2015). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 107.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/107