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Recorded Webinars collaborated with Foodseminarsinternational
Clostridium Difficile
Community Acquired Clostridium difficile: Significance, Prevalence and Opportunities in the
Biotechnology Industry
(Webinar length:  1h 39m)

There are an estimated 25, 000 deaths each year within North America linked to Clostridium
difficile infections (CDI). The economic burden of CDI is estimated to be $10B per year with
the C difficile control sector market being in the order of $7B and growing. Traditionally C
difficile was considered to be exclusively linked to hospital-acquired infections primarily
affecting the elderly or those with weakened immune system being administered antibiotics.
Here, the antibiotics disrupt the gastrointestinal tract microflora thereby enabling the drug
resistant C difficile to proliferate and produce toxins leading to potentially fatal diarrhea. Over
the last 3 years there has been an increasing occurrence of Community Acquired C difficile
infections and are thought to account for over 40% of all CDI reported. The case definition of
Community Acquired CDI is patients who have no recent contact with health care facilities or
taking antibiotics. There are many aspects of Community Acquired CDI that remain unknown
and especially with relation to sources of the pathogen.

The following webinar will provide an overview of how C difficile evolved from a harmless
commensal to one of the most significant human pathogens. Focus will be made on the
emergence and spread of the hospital epidemic strain (NAP-1/027). The emergence of other
C difficile strains will be described and their association with Community Acquired infections.
Evidence for foodborne, environmental and zoonotic transfer of C difficile will be reviewed.
The significance of C difficile as a foodborne pathogen will be discussed. Finally, the
opportunities in developing more effective C difficile diagnostic and control methods will be
outlined along with research needs in the area.

Areas covered in the webinar:

Description and emergence of Clostridium difficile
Pathogenicity and global spread of hospital required CDI
The rise of Community Acquired CDI
Transmission of C difficile via foods, environment and zoonotic transfer
Significance of foodborne C difficile
Opportunities for the biotechnology industry to develop C difficile diagnostic and control
technologies.

Who will benefit:

Government policy and risk assessors
Health care managers
Diagnostic developers
Biotechnology scientists
QA and QC managers
HACCP coordinators

Presenter – Dr. Keith Warriner

Dr. Keith Warriner is currently an Associate Professor within the Department of Food Science
at University of Guelph, Canada. Dr. Warriner received his BSc in Food Science from the
University of Nottingham, UK and PhD in Microbial Physiology from the University College of
Wales Aberystwyth, UK. He later went on to work on biosensors within the University of
Manchester, UK and subsequently returned to the University of Nottingham to become a
Research Fellow in Food Microbiology. He joined the Faculty of the University of Guelph in
2002. During the last fifteen years in the field of microbiology and food safety research, Dr.
Warriner has published more than 100 papers, book chapters, patents, and conference
abstracts. He has broad research areas encompassing development of decontamination
technologies, biosensors for biohazard detection, and more fundamental research on the
interaction of human pathogens with plants. He developed a decontamination treatment for
sanitizing seeds and inactivating pathogens on fresh produce and is currently developing
other biocontrol strategies.

Webinar Price ($289)
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