Clostridium difficile, a major nosocomial pathogen shown to be a primary cause of antibiotic-associated disease, has emerged as a highly transmissible and frequently antibiotic-resistant organism, causing a considerable burden on health care systems worldwide.

to Clostridium difficile and the Disease It Causes.- Clostridium difficile: No Longer an Enigmatic Pathogen?.- Clostridium difficile and the Disease It Causes.- Isolation and Culture Techniques.- Clostridium difficile Isolation and Culture Techniques.- Methods for Typing and Epidemiological Studies.- Molecular Typing Methods for Clostridium difficile: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR Ribotyping.- Clostridium difficile Toxinotyping.- Multilocus Sequence Typing for Clostridium difficile.- Biochemistry of the Organism.- Molecular Methods to Study Transcriptional Regulation of Clostridium difficile Toxin Genes.- Dissecting the Cell Surface.- Human Intestinal Epithelial Response(s) to Clostridium difficile.- Genomics.- Comparative Genome Analysis of Clostridium difficile Using DNA Microarrays.- Development of Systems for Genetic Analysis of the Organism.- ClosTron-Targeted Mutagenesis.- Methods for Gene Cloning and Targeted Mutagenesis.- Transposon Mutagenesis in Clostridium difficile.- Animal Models of Disease.- Refinement of the Hamster Model of Clostridium difficile Disease.- Methods for Working with the Mouse Model.

Clostridium difficile, a major nosocomial pathogen shown to be a primary cause of antibiotic-associated disease, has emerged as a highly transmissible and frequently antibiotic-resistant organism, causing a considerable burden on health care systems worldwide. In Clostridium difficile: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers bring together the most recently developed methods for studying the organism, including techniques involving isolation, molecular typing, genomics, genetic manipulation, and the use of animal models.  Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include brief introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes highlighting tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.   Authoritative and cutting-edge, Clostridium difficile: Methods and Protocols serves as an ideal guide for scientists now in a position to gain an in-depth understanding of how this organism is transmitted and how it causes disease.

Serves as a comprehensive guide to most of the current techniques for manipulating and analyzing C. difficile Written by scientists who have pioneered modern C. difficile research Brings together in one place chapters from clinicians, clinical laboratory scientist, and basic scientists to provide a comprehensive understanding of the practical state of the art in C. difficile research Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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