Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of healthcare or community associated disease in many developed nations worldwide, and increasingly a cause of disease in animals.

The International C. difficile Symposium (ICDS) is now established as the premiere venue for the review of Clostridium difficile research.

The 1st meeting was held in Kranjska Gora in 2004, the 2nd in Maribor in 2007, while all further meetings were in Bled in 2010, 2012, 2015 and in 2018. ICDS in 2020 was held virtually.

The 2024 meeting will provide the ideal opportunity to review progress in epidemiology, diagnostics, clinical trials, basic research and in understanding C. difficile pathogenesis and controlling the devastating disease it causes.

Selected presentations were published in Anaerobe special issues: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/anaerobe/special-issues

• Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile: New global perspectives
• Special Issue: Clostridium difficile
• ICDS 2018