Analysis of the impact of secondary prophylaxis on recurrence in critically ill adults
SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium ) difficile infection recurrence in patients re-exposed to antibiotics for treatment of a non- Clostridioides difficile infection is high at approximately 33%. Low-dose per os vancomycin (e.g. 125 mg q12
Kathryn A Connor, Kelly M Conn
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Nature Communications, 2022 Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) results in significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalised patients. Here the authors engineer probiotics to restore intestinal bile salt metabolism in response to antibiotic-induced microbiome dysbiosis ...
Elvin Koh +7 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 Clostridioides difficile infection represents a growing clinical challenge. The new compound omadacycline is a potential treatment alternative, as many antibiotics have limited activity or are rarely used due to costs and side effects.
Angela Camporeale +4 more
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Developing Gut Microbiota Exerts Colonisation Resistance to Clostridium (syn. Clostridioides) difficile in Piglets [PDF]
, 2019 Clostridium (syn. Clostridioides) difficile is considered a pioneer colonizer and may cause gut infection in neonatal piglets. The aim of this study was to explore the microbiota-C. difficile associations in pigs.
Dadi, Temesgen Hailemariam +3 more
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Clostridioides difficile Infection [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018 Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection is the most frequently identified health care-associated infection in the United States. C difficile has also emerged as a cause of community-associated diarrhea, resulting in increased incidence of community-associated infection.
Alice Y, Guh, Preeta K, Kutty
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Anaerobic 4-hydroxyproline utilization: Discovery of a new glycyl radical enzyme in the human gut microbiome uncovers a widespread microbial metabolic activity. [PDF]
, 2018 The discovery of enzymes responsible for previously unappreciated microbial metabolic pathways furthers our understanding of host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions. We recently identified and characterized a new gut microbial glycyl radical enzyme
Balskus, Emily P +2 more
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Epidemiologia da Infeção por Clostridioides Difficile em Portugal: um Estudo Retrospetivo, Observacional em Doentes Hospitalizados [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction: Clostridioides difficile is the main cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea in Europe and North America. The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiology and clinical burden of Clostridioides difficile infection among ...
Cunha, F +14 more
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bezlotoxumab Added to Standard of Care Versus Standard of Care Alone for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in High-Risk Patients in Spain [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the major cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhoea and is associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and economic impact.
Aceituno, Susana +7 more
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Environmental contamination with clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Vietnam [PDF]
, 2023 AIMS: To investigate the prevalence, molecular type, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridioides difficile in the environment in Vietnam, where little is known about C. difficile.
Bui, Huong T. T. +7 more
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Response: Commentary: Probing Genomic Aspects of the Multi-Host Pathogen Clostridium perfringens Reveals Significant Pangenome Diversity, and a Diverse Array of Virulence Factors [PDF]
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Hall, Lindsay J., Kiu, Raymond
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