Sign inClostridium Difficile
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet on Clostridium Difficile.
Healthcare Associated Infection
Information from the Department of Health.
Clostridium Difficile Support
A UK Based Clostridium Difficile Support Group. Includes information and community.
Clostridium Difficile
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Clostridium Difficile Diarrhoea
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.
Simple Guide to Clostridium difficile
Information from the Department of Health aimed at health care workers, but of interest to all.
Clostridium Difficile Infection: how to deal with the problem
Information from the Department of Health aimed at health care workers, but of interest to all.
Treatment of your C.Difficile Infection
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust provide a wide range of patient information, including one in this area.
Clostridium Difficile
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.