Treating and Preventing C Diff




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Summary: Milta Little, DO, CMD Milta Little, DO, CMD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at St. Louis University in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. She is board certified in General Internal Medicine, with added qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. She serves the division as Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. Her primary scholarly interest is interprofessional health education to improve the care of the frail geriatric patient. Dr. Little has been on the St. Louis Magazine Best Doctor list since 2013. She is a Certified Medical Director and as such, has been a medical director at a number of Skilled Nursing Facilities. She served AMDA on the board of directors from 2012-2016 and from 2017 to present.   References: M. Little, "TREATING AND PREVENTING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES", Managed Healthcare Connect, Nov, 2018 C. McDonald, et. al."Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)", Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 66, Issue 7, 19 March 2018 Leffler, DA and Lamont JT, "Clostridium difficile Infection”, New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 Lessa, FC, et. al., “Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States", New England Journal of Medicine, 2015