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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">nogr</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Экспериментальная и клиническая гастроэнтерология</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1682-8658</issn><publisher><publisher-name>«Global Media Technologies»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">nogr-669</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОБЗОР</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REVIEW</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ЭПИДЕМИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ C. DIFFICILE-ИНФЕКЦИИ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF C. DIFFICILE INFECTION</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Захаренко</surname><given-names>С. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zakharenko</surname><given-names>S. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">zsm1@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Федеральное государственное бюджетное военное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Военно-медицинская академия имени С. М. Кирова» Министерства обороны Российской Федерации</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Federal state budget military educational institution of higher professional education “Military medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov” Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2017</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>67</fpage><lpage>70</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Захаренко С.М., 2017</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Захаренко С.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zakharenko S.M.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.nogr.org/jour/article/view/669">https://www.nogr.org/jour/article/view/669</self-uri><abstract><p>В обзоре представлены данные последних лет о распространенности и видах Clostridium difficile-инфекции, о циркуляции микроорганизма в окружающей среде и человеческой популяции, об особенностях взаимодействия с нормальной микрофлорой желудочно-кишечного тракта человека, что позволят по-новому взглянуть на эпидемиологию заболеваний, вызываемых этим микроорганизмом, повысить эффективность профилактических мероприятий, качественно улучшить результаты лечения.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The review presents recent data on the prevalence and types of Clostridium difficile infection, about the circulation of the microorganism in the environment and the human population, the peculiarities of interaction with the normal microflora of the gastrointestinal tract that will allow for a fresh look at the epidemiology of diseases caused by this microorganism, to enhance the effectiveness of preventive interventions, to improve treatment outcomes.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эпидемиология</kwd><kwd>лечение</kwd><kwd>профилактика</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Clostridium difficile-инфекция</kwd><kwd>Clostridium difficile infection</kwd><kwd>epidemiology</kwd><kwd>treatment</kwd><kwd>prevention</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Magill S.S., Edwards J. 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