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Microbiology: Current Research 2017 | Volume 1, Issue 2

Joint Conference

GLOBAL APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY CONFERENCE

MICROBIAL & BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES

October 18-19, 2017

Toronto, Canada

International Congress on

Clostridium difficile

infection: Prevention is in your hands

Sarbjeet Sharma

SGRDIMSAR, India

lostridium difficile

has emerged as a quintessential

nosocomial pathogen by multidrug resistance and its

spore forms persisting in the environment, surviving the

routine disinfectants. It is responsible for at least one fourth

of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients and

almost all cases of life-threatening pseudo membranous

colitis. Recent epidemics of a hyper virulent strain were

associated with significant morbidity and mortality,

highlighting the need for better prevention treatment of

Clostridium difficile

infections. Preventive measures proven

effective are judicious use of broad spectrum antibiotics

plus selective restriction of clindamycin, an agent strongly

responsible for suppressing gut flora allowing multiplication

C. difficle

, personal disinfection by preferring soap and

water hand washing over alcohol based scrubs that are

ineffective against spores and environmental control by

isolation of patients and use of sodium hypochlorite on

surfaces of equipment. These, along with prompt diagnosis

and alerting can go a long way in curbing outbreaks.

Speaker Biography

Sarbjeet Sharma is a Clinical Microbiologist to the work of diagnostics for over 20 years,

with keen focus on HIV and Tuberculosis. She has contributed many international and

national publications and presentations, one of the latest being at ICAAC 2012, San

Francisco, USA: “Comparative evaluation of Conventional techniques and Nested PCR

in the diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary TB.