Clostridium Difficile Infection – One Health and the Rise in Community-Associated Infection
Clostridium Difficile Infection – One Health and the Rise in Community-Associated Infection
Australasian Teleclass
Date: October 23, 2024
Faculty: Prof. Tom Riley, The University of Western Australia
Live broadcast time:
… 1:30pm-2:30pm in Sydney
… 10:30pm (October 22) in New York / Toronto
… 4:30am in Geneva
… 11:30pm (October 22) in Buenos Aires
… 5:30am in Riyadh
Objectives
- There has been a significant rise in community-associated C. difficile infection (CA-CDI) worldwide in the last 10-15 years.
- This suggests that there are sources or reservoirs of C. difficile in the community.
- Many studies now indicate that production/food animals are now major reservoirs of C. difficile.
- One Health is the concept that the health of humans, animals and the environment are connected.
- To deal with the new problem of CA-CDI and One Health approach is required.